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NOUN (4)

1. an agenda of things to do;
- Example: "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports"
[syn: menu, fare]

2. the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance;
[syn: fare, transportation]

3. a paying (taxi) passenger;

4. the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed;


VERB (2)

1. proceed or get along;
- Example: "How is she doing in her new job?"
- Example: "How are you making out in graduate school?"
- Example: "He's come a long way"
[syn: do, fare, make out, come, get along]

2. eat well; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fare \Fare\ (f[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fared; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Faring.] [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. [root]78. Cf. Chaffer, Emporium, Far,
   Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]
   1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
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            So on he fares, and to the border comes
            Of Eden.                              --Milton.
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   2. 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.
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            So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.
                                                  --Denham.
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            I bid you most heartily well to fare. --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).
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            So fared the knight between two foes. --Hudibras.
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   3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or
      social comforts; to live.
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            There was a certain rich man which . . . fared
            sumptuously every day.                --Luke xvi.
                                                  19.
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   4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall
      see how it will fare with him.
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            So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.
                                                  --Milton.
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   5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.]
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            She ferde [fared] as she would die.   --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fare \Fare\, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.]
   1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]
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            That nought might stay his fare.      --Spenser.
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   2. 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.
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   3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]
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            The warder chid and made fare.        --Chaucer.
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   4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
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            What fare? what news abroad ?         --Shak.
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   5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse
      fare; delicious fare. "Philosophic fare." --Dryden.
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   6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full
      fare of passengers. --A. Drummond.
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   7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
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   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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fare
    n 1: an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the
         menu of reports" [syn: menu, fare]
    2: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance [syn:
       fare, transportation]
    3: a paying (taxi) passenger
    4: the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
    v 1: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?";
         "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a
         long way" [syn: do, fare, make out, come, get
         along]
    2: eat well