Fare

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Fare, v. i. [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. a way through, a ferry, strait, to convey, to go, march, beyond, on the other side, to pass through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. Chaffer, Emporium, Far, Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.].

•  To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.  [1913 Webster]

  "So on he fares, and to the border comes
  Of Eden."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.  [1913 Webster]

  "So fares the stag among the enraged hounds."  [1913 Webster]

  "I bid you most heartily well to fare."  [1913 Webster]

  "So fared the knight between two foes."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.  [1913 Webster]

  "There was a certain rich man which . . . fared sumptuously every day."  [1913 Webster]
•  To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.  [1913 Webster]

  "So fares it when with truth falsehood contends."  [1913 Webster]
•  To behave; to conduct one's self.  [1913 Webster]

  "She ferde [fared] as she would die."  [1913 Webster]

Fare, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.].

•  A journey; a passage.  [1913 Webster]

  "That nought might stay his fare."  [1913 Webster]
•  The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.  [1913 Webster]
•  Ado; bustle; business.  [1913 Webster]

  "The warder chid and made fare."  [1913 Webster]
•  Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.  [1913 Webster]

  "What fare? what news abroad ?"  [1913 Webster]
•  Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
•  The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.  A. Drummond.  [1913 Webster]
•  The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.  [1913 Webster]

Bill of fare. See under Bill. -- Fare indicator or Fare register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. -- Fare wicket. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it. (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor. Knight.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Fare, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the price a passenger has to pay to be conveyed by bus, train, etc. b a passenger paying to travel in a public vehicle.
2 a range of food provided by a restaurant etc.
--v.intr. literary 1 progress; get on (how did you fare?).
2 happen; turn out.
3 journey, go, travel.

Idiom

fare-stage Brit.
1 a section of a bus etc. route for which a fixed fare is charged.
2 a stop marking this.

Etymology

OE f{aelig}r, faru journeying, faran (v.), f. Gmc

THESAURUS

Fare

admission, admission fee, advance, adventurer, alpinist, anchorage, astronaut, attend, be so, be such, become of, board, bread, bread and butter, break bread, brokerage, campaign, camper, carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, cheer, climber, come about, come along, come of, come on, come out, come through, comers and goers, comestibles, commute, commuter, contrive, cosmopolite, cost, count calories, course, cover charge, cover ground, creature comfort, cruise, cruiser, cuisine, daily bread, demand, develop, diet, do, dockage, dues, eat, eatables, edibles, end, ensue, entrance fee, eventuate, exaction, exactment, excursionist, explorer, fall out, fall to, fare forth, fast food, feast, fee, feed, fetch, flit, flow, follow, food, food and drink, foodstuff, gang, get along, get by, get on, globe-girdler, globe-trot, globe-trotter, go, go abroad, go along, go on, go on safari, go overseas, goer, hajji, health food, hie, hire, hit the trail, hunger, ingesta, issue, jaunt, jet set, jet-setter, journey, journeyer, junk food, kitchen stuff, license fee, make, make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, make headway, make out, manage, mariner, meals, meat, mountaineer, move, move along, move on, palmer, pan out, partake, partake of, pass, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, peregrinate, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pilotage, pioneer, pitch in, portage, price, proceed, process, progress, prove, prove to be, provender, provision, provisions, push on, range the world, relish, repair, result, roll, roll on, rubberneck, rubbernecker, run, sailor, salvage, sashay, savor, scot, scot and lot, shape up, shot, sight-see, sightseer, spread, stack up, stagger, storage, straphanger, stream, survive, sustenance, table, take, take a trip, take the road, taste, terminate, toll, tour, tourer, tourist, towage, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, travel, traveler, traveller, trek, trekker, tripper, tucker, turn out, unfold, viands, viator, victuals, visiting fireman, vittles, voortrekker, voyage, voyager, voyageur, wayfare, wayfarer, wend, wharfage, work out, world-traveler

ROGET THESAURUS

Fare

State

VB be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state, be on a footing, do, fare, come to pass.

Price

N price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage, fare, hire, wages, value, dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax, doomage, likin, gabel, gabelle, gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff, brokerage, wharfage, freightage, bill, shot, priced, to the tune of, ad valorem, dutiable, mercenary, venal, no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche.

Food

N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.

VB eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take, gulp, bolt, snap, fall to, despatch, dispatch, discuss, take down, get down, gulp down, lay in, tuck in, lick, pick, peck, gormandize, bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble, live on, feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon, browse, graze, crop, regale, carouse, eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet, break bread, break one's fast, breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup, drink in, drink up, drink one's fill, quaff, sip, sup, suck, suck up, lap, swig, swill, chugalug, tipple, empty one's glass, drain the cup, toss off, toss one's glass, wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle, purvey.