— farer , n.
/fair/ , n. , v. , fared, faring .
n.
1. the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
2. a person or persons who pay to be conveyed in a vehicle; paying passenger.
3. a person who hires a public vehicle and its driver.
4. food; diet: hearty fare.
5. something offered to the public, for entertainment, enjoyment, consumption, etc.: literary fare.
6. Archaic. state of things.
v.i.
7. to experience good or bad fortune, treatment, etc.; get on: He fared well in his profession.
8. to go; turn out; happen (used impersonally): It fared ill with him.
9. to go; travel.
10. to eat and drink: They fared sumptuously.
[ bef. 1000; ME faren, OE faran; c. G fahren, ON fara, Goth faran; akin to EMPORIUM, PORT 5 , PRAM 2 ]
Syn. 4. See food .