Fare Definition

fâr

fared, fares, faring

verb

fared, fares, faring

To get along.

How are you faring with your project?

American Heritage

To happen; result.

How did it fare with him?

Webster's New World

To travel; go.

Webster's New World

To be in a specified condition or position; get on; go through an experience.

He fared well on his trip.

Webster's New World

To eat or be given food.

Webster's New World

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noun

fares

Money paid or to be paid for transportation in a train, taxi, plane, etc.

Webster's New World

A passenger who pays a fare.

Webster's New World

Food available to be eaten.

Webster's New World

The usual kind of diet.

Webster's New World

The condition of things.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Fare

Singular:

fare

Plural:

fares

From Old English faran (“to journey”), from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“going, passage”). Cognates include West Frisian farre, Dutch varen, German fahren (“to travel”), Danish fare, Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”).

From Wiktionary
From the merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”), a neuter, + faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), feminine, both from faran (“to journey”), from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“going, passage”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English faren from Old English faran per-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition