Errand

What do we mean by errand?

A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another. noun

The purpose or object of such a trip. noun

A mission; an embassy. noun

An oral message that has been entrusted to one. noun

A special business intrusted to a messenger; a verbal charge or message; a mandate or order; something to be told or done: as, the servant was sent on an errand; he told his errand; he has done the errand. noun

An obsolete variant of arrant.

A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere. noun

Any specific task, usually of a routine nature, requiring some form of travel, usually locally. An errand is often on behalf of someone else, but sometimes for one's own purposes. noun

A mission. noun

To perform an errand{2}. noun

A trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.) noun

The purpose of such trip. noun

An oral message trusted to a person for delivery. noun

To send someone on an errand. verb

To go on an errand. verb

A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission noun

A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.

The purpose of such a journey.

An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.

Noun. An expedition involving the acquisition of some good, usually perceived as essential, when in fact completely unnecessary. Because errands involve a component of travel, they are often confused for a leisure activity. From the root, errant, aimless. Urban Dictionary

A term used to tell your buddies what's goin down, without telling them the entire story, which will be described in detail at a later date. Urban Dictionary

Something parents say when they will be gone for a long time. (ex:They go and hang out with someone for 3 hours and then go to the store for 1 hour) Urban Dictionary

When one is in the process of running errands. Urban Dictionary

Running mindless errands for those that could easily do it themselves, but find you an easy target to manipulate to do their deed. Urban Dictionary

The word errand is most commonly used in the sense of a short journey taken to perform some necessary duty. Urban Dictionary

A man who is in the lowest rank of an organization/group and always doing chores for someone (especially a girl) Urban Dictionary

A task which is widely known to be unwise, yet is carried out against a person's better judgement. Urban Dictionary

Specific tasks that one completes through use of the internet. Tasks are usually brief and may include communicating (via email, facebook, twitter, blogs), shopping, performing research, online banking, etc. Urban Dictionary

Completing various errands that require one to travel all over one's town, often in no particular order, and with new errands popping up in between the ones that were planned ahead of time. The location of the stops do not necessarily make a circle, and stopping at one particular place more than once can be considered part of the circle. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to errand:
errand, errant, ferrand, erland, arrand.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word errand:
errands, maze, mercy, boy, fitz, wolfe, apprentice, messenger, grocery, clerk, martha, shoe, angels, caesar, runner, deliver, collect, employer, shop, servant, agrees, maker, shoes, spy, nancy, pretty, escaped, mad, boys, sees, buy, encounter, graham, returns, breaks, store, journey, suddenly, oliver, uncle, girl, jobs, goes, merchant, sailed, factory, letter, asks, walking.

Words that rhyme with errand:
gerund, ferrand, adair and, aer and, affair and, aguilera and, air and, airfare and, alastair and, alistair and, allaire and, altair and, anywhere and, armchair and, astaire and, auclair and, aware and, ayre and, baer and, bahr and, bair and, barbera and, bare and, barrera and, bear and, becerra and, behr and, belair and, bellemare and, bera and, berra and, beware and, billionaire and, blair and, blare and, bundeswehr and, butera and, cabrera and, caire and, caldeira and, caldera and, canberra and, cara and, care and, carrera and, cera and, cerra and, cervera and, chair and, cher and, childcare and, chimera and, clair and, claire and, clare and, compare and, concessionaire and, convair and, cookware and, dare and, darr and, darragh and, daycare and, debonair and, declare and, delaware and, derr and, despair and, dinnerware and, disrepair and, doctrinaire and, dreher and, earthenware and, elsewhere and, ensnare and, era and, ere and, err and, erra and, escalera and, everywhere and, extraordinaire and, eyewear and, eyre and, fair and, faire and, fanfare and, farah and, fare and, farrah and, fehr and, fera and, ferre and, ferrera and, figueira and, flair and, flare and, flatware and, footwear and, forebear and.

Adjectives that are often used to describe errand:
same, similar, important, little, special, fruitless, secret, urgent, mysterious, mine, dangerous, bootless, strange, like, present, peaceful, sad, real, holy, foolish, diplomatic, perilous, simple, trivial, unpleasant, quick, desperate, official, sleeveless, pleasant, charitable, melancholy, trifling, useless, pious, delicate, usual, hopeless, divine, fatal, evil, its, ostensible, difficult, brief, vain, distant, necessary, painful, friendly, chief, bloody, legitimate, deadly, daily, benevolent, unknown, murderous, futile, definite, idle, wild, extraordinary, thankless, puritan, sacred, lawful, pretended, cruel.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective errand:
boy, goers, boys, girl, running.

Consonant match to errand:
aurand, aer and, air and, ara and, arrah and, aura and, ayre and, era and, ere and, err and, erra and, eyre and, hair and, haire and, hara and, hare and, harr and, harrah and, harre and, heir and, herr and, herr und, herre and, hoar and, hoare and, hora and, oar and, ohr and, or and, ora and, orand, ore and, orr and, whore and.

Words that sound like errand:
errand, errant, orand, aurand, arendt, aaron, arid, errands, aron, arron, gerund, aran, eren, arun, eran, elrond, aeron, ehren, erron, ferrand, arundo, arany, erunt, arent, aren't, arrant, orant, arant, erin, eryn, air head, erinn, errin, aerin, berend, erid, behrend, erinna, parent, trend, werent, aram, arum, aeronaut, aarons, arem, arom, efferent, arens, arat, airon, arrowed, berent, eram, guerrant, erum, ferrant, ariled, elland, air bound, arame, ariad, aramid, airone, erem, errhine, ahrendt, gerant, current, irony, ireland, crowned, crooned, ironed, grund, aren, arran, armand, arod, careened, craned, iren, garand, armond, ironie, aravind, arcand, crumbed, crined, ahren, airen, arland, farrand, forand, irad, gironde, auran, aproned, farand, argand.