FARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fare mean? 

• FARE (noun)
  The noun FARE has 4 senses:

1. an agenda of things to do

2. the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

3. a paying (taxi) passenger

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

  Familiarity information: FARE used as a noun is uncommon.

• FARE (verb)
  The verb FARE has 2 senses:

1. proceed or get along

2. eat well

  Familiarity information: FARE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agenda of things to do

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

fare; menu

Context example:

they worked rapidly down the menu of reports

Hypernyms ("fare" is a kind of...):

agenda; docket; schedule (a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

fare; transportation

Hypernyms ("fare" is a kind of...):

charge (the price charged for some article or service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fare"):

airfare (the fare charged for traveling by airplane)

bus fare; carfare (the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar)

cab fare; taxi fare (the fare charged for riding in a taxicab)

train fare (the fare charged for traveling by train)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A paying (taxi) passenger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fare" is a kind of...):

passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("fare" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fare"):

diet (the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal))

diet (a prescribed selection of foods)

dietary (a regulated daily food allowance)

menu (the dishes making up a meal)

chow; chuck; eats; grub (informal terms for a meal)

board; table (food or meals in general)

ration (the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel))

Derivation:

fare (eat well)

• FARE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fare    ... he / she / it fares   
Past simple: fared   
Past participle: fared   
-ing form: faring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Proceed or get along

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come; do; fare; get along; make out

Context example:

He's come a long way

Hypernyms (to "fare" is one way to...):

go; proceed (follow a certain course)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eat well

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "fare" is one way to...):

eat (take in solid food)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

fare (the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed)

 Context examples 

He had two tails, but he did not fare better than the first.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

SCID infants with active infection and lacking a matched sibling donor did not fare as well.

(Early treatment benefits infants with severe combined immunodeficiency, NIH)

It may be that this planet, also called the planet of miracles, will give you the taste and natural desire for healthy fare that allows you to feel your best.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I knew these men and their mental processes, was one of them myself, living the seal-hunting life, eating the seal-hunting fare, thinking, largely, the seal-hunting thoughts.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Now, he said as he turned hungrily on the simple fare that our landlady had provided, I must discuss it while I eat, for I have not much time.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All of this evidence suggests that the tumour was spread by sea-faring dogs, transported through maritime activities.

(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)

Arctic sea ice cover has not fared well during other months of the year either.

(Arctic Sea Ice Annual Minimum Ties Second Lowest on Record, NASA)

But how have you fared hitherto?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Many were over 20 years old, allowing the researchers to know the full history of how the patients fared.

(Study finds new clues in understanding relapse in breast cancer, Agência Brasil)

All females in the study were adults by time of the 2009 drought, but those born in lean times fared worse in 2009 than those born in times of plenty, the researchers found.

(Born during a drought: Bad news for baboons, NSF)