¹fare

verb \ˈfer\

: to do something well or badly

faredfar·ing

Full Definition of FARE

intransitive verb

: go, travel

: get along, succeed <how did you fare on your exam?>

: eat, dine

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Examples of FARE

The Mystery Maid, a halibut and black cod schooner, had fared badly of late and was in the process of being overhauled. —David Guterson, Snow Falling On Ciders, 1994
… genuinely new creations do not usually fare well with mainstream publishers in any age. —Erica Jong, New York Times Book Review, 5 June 1988
Back upstairs, I put on a gold lamé dress and fared forth to the first big dinner of 1968 … —Lady Bird Johnson, 25 Jan. 1968, in A White House Diary, 1970
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Origin of FARE

Middle English faren, from Old English faran; akin to Old High German faran to go, Latin portare to carry, Greek peran to pass through, poros passage, journey

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to FARE

Synonyms: cope, do, get along, get by, get on, make out, manage, shift

Antonyms: remain, stand, stay, stop

Rhymes with FARE

air, Ayr, bare, bear, Blair, blare, care, chair, chare, dare, Dare, e'er, ere, err, eyre, fair, flair, flare, glair, glare, hair, hare, Herr, heir, lair, mare, ne'er, pair, pare, pear, prayer, rare, rear, scare, share, snare, spare, square, stair, stare, swear, tare, tear, their, there, vair, ware, wear, weir, where, yare

²fare

noun \ˈfer\

: the money a person pays to travel on a bus, train, boat, or airplane or in a taxi

: a passenger who pays a fare

: a specified kind of food

Full Definition of FARE

a : range of food : diet

b : material provided for use, consumption, or enjoyment

a : the price charged to transport a person

b : a paying passenger on a public conveyance

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Examples of FARE

Bush and Siberry's sixth albums find them trying harder than before to reach an audience less willing to indulge their wanderings—both albums communicate more directly, and sound more familiar, than their usual fairy-tale fare. —Ann Powers, Village Voice, 7 Dec. 1993
Who would ever consider robbing this place for more than getaway bus fare? —Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife, 1991
As for Ronald Reagan, solid heartland —farelike macaroni and cheese and hamburger soup is his favorite … —Guy D. Garcia, Time , 14 Mar. 1988
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