intransitive verb fared, faring far′·ing

1. Old Poet. to travel; go
2. to happen; result how did it fare with him?
3. to be in a specified condition or position; get on; go through an experience he fared well on his trip
4. to eat or be given food

Etymology: ME faren < OE faran, to go, wander, akin to Ger fahren & Du raren < IE base *per-, to come over, transport > L portare, to carry, Gr peran, to pass over, peira, a trial, poros, a way

noun

1. money paid or to be paid for transportation in a train, taxi, plane, etc.
2. a passenger who pays a fare
3. 1. food
   2. the usual kind of diet
4. Archaic the condition of things