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1. (v.t.) char
to burn or reduce to charcoal.
2. char
to burn slightly; scorch:
The flame charred the steak.
3. (v.i.) char
to become charred.
4. (n.) char
a charred material or surface.
5. char
charcoal.
6. (n.) char
any trout of the genus Salvelinus (or Cristovomer), esp. the arctic char.
7. (v.i.) char
to work at cleaning offices or houses.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME, OE cerr, cierr turn, time, occasion, der. of cierran to turn)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) char
a charred substance
2. (noun) charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman
a human female employed to do housework
"the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
3. (verb) char, charr
any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
4. (verb) char, coal
burn to charcoal
"Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
5. (verb) char, blacken, sear, scorch
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
"The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) char
alt. of Charr
2. (noun) char
a car; a chariot
3. (noun) char
work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore
4. (noun) char
to reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder
5. (noun) char
to burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood
6. (verb) char
alt. of Chare
7. (verb) char
alt. of Chare
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. char
Shorthand for ‘character’. Esp.: used by C programmers,
as char is C's typename for character
data.
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Sense: to burn or turn black by fire or heat
The wood was charred by the intense heat.
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 Afrikaans: verkool |
 Arabic: يَحْرِقُ، يُفَحِّمُ |
 Bulgarian: овъглявам |
 Brazilian: queimar |
 Czech: spálit, zuhelnatit |
 German: verkohlen |
 Danish: brænde på; svide; brænde |
 Greek: καρβουνιάζω |
 Spanish: chamuscar, carbonizar |
 Estonian: söestuma, mustaks kõrveta |
 Farsi: نیمسوز کردن |
 Finnish: hiiltyä |
 French: carboniser |
 Hebrew: לְהַשחִיר עי שׂרֵיפָה |
 Hindi: झुलसा देना, जलाना |
 Croatian: pougljeniti, opaliti |
 Hungarian: elszenesedik |
 Indonesian: membakar hangus |
 Icelandic: brenna; svíða |
 Italian: carbonizzare |
 Japanese: 黒焦げにする |
 Korean: 까맣게 타다 |
 Lithuanian: sudeginti, paversti angli |
 Latvian: sadedzināt; pārogļoties |
 Malay: terbakar |
 Dutch: verkolen |
 Norwegian: svi; forkulle |
 Polish: zwęglać |
 Persian: نیمسوز کردن |
 Pashto: سكاره كول، نيم سوى كېدل |
 Portuguese: queimar |
 Romanian: a carboniza |
 Russian: обугливаться |
 Slovak: zuhoľnatieť |
 Slovenian: počrneti; zogleneti |
 Serbian: ugljenisati |
 Swedish: bränna till kol, förkolna |
 Thai: เผาไหม้จนเป็นถ่าน |
 Turkish: yakmak |
 Taiwanese: (把...)燒焦 |
 Ukrainian: обвуглювати(ся) |
 Urdu: جلنا ، بھننا |
 Vietnamese: cháy xém |
 Chinese: （把...）烧黑 |
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