fare
/ˈfɛɚ/ verb C2- To experience luck, fortune or treatment (of a certain kind). · She fared badly in the accident.· Did you fare well in the exam?
- To proceed or progress (in a certain way). · We will continue to monitor how the hurricane fares against projected models.
- To happen or occur (in a certain way). · We shall see how it fares with him.
He/she/it fares · Past fared · Past participle fared · -ing form faring
Verb forms
- Base form
- fare
- He/she/it
- fares
- Past
- fared
- Past participle
- fared
- -ing form
- faring
From the library
She said, “All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered.” Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, “I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried.” He said to her, “If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?”
A COUNTRY MOUSE invited a Town Mouse, an intimate friend, to pay him a visit and partake of his country fare.
“Better fare, if you pay for it, books, and leave to walk about.”
And fare you well for evermore,
Other matches
Learn fare in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.