Word Meanings - FARE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Isel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. sq. root78. Cf Chaffer, Emporium, Far, Ferry, Ford,

Additional info about word: FARE

faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Isel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. sq. root78. Cf Chaffer, Emporium, Far, Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, 1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton. 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. So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. Denham. I bid you most heartily well to fare. Robynson . So fared the knight between two foes. Hudibras. 3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live. There was a certain rich man wwhich . . . fared sumptuously every day. Luke xvi. 19. 4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him. Sso fares it when with truth falsehood contends. Milton. 5. To behave; to conduct one's self. She ferde as she would die. Chaucer.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FARE)

• Diet
• Food
• victuals
• nourishment
• viands
• nutriment
• sustenance
• fare
• cheer
• regimen
• Penalty
• Pain
• punishment
• forfeiture
• price
• retribution
• amercement
• Victuals
• provisions
• bread
• meat
• repast

Related words: (words related to FARE)

• REPASTURE
  Food; entertainment. Food for his rage, repasture for his den. Shak.
• BREADEN
  Made of bread.
• BREADBASKET
  The stomach. S. Foote.
• PRICE
  to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, 1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale;
• BREADFRUIT
  The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found
• REGIMENTALS
  The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense. Colman.
• REGIMEN
  a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene. A syntactical relation between
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• BREADTHWISE
  In the direction of the breadth.
• PRICEITE
  A hydrous borate of lime, from Oregon.
• BREADTHLESS
  Without breadth.
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• CHEERINGLY
  In a manner to cheer or encourage.
• CHEERER
  One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.
• REPAST
  L. repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- + pascere, pastum, to 1. The act of taking food. From dance to sweet repast they turn. Milton. 2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. "Sleep . . . thy best repast." Denham.
• REGIMENTALLY
  In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.
• BREADROOT
  The root of a leguminous plant , found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food. Note: It is the Pomme blanche of Canadian voyageurs.
• PRICELESS
  1. Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable. 2. Of no value; worthless. J. Barlow.
• CHEERFULNESS
  Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
• BREADSTUFF
  Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• BREAD
  To spread. Ray.
• SWINEBREAD
  The truffle.
• SHEWBREAD
  See SHOWBREAD
• WAYBREAD
  The common dooryard plantain .