Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fare \Fare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Faring}.] [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., &
   OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries.,
   Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. ????? a way through,
   ??????? a ferry, strait, ???????? to convey, ?????????? to
   go, march, ????? beyond, on the other side, ????? to pass
   through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to
   bring over. [root]78. Cf. {Chaffer}, {Emporium}, {Far},
   {Ferry}, {Ford}, {Peril}, {Port} a harbor, {Pore}, n.]
   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
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).

            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. [Obs.]

            She ferde [fared] as she would die.   --Chaucer.

Fare \Fare\, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See {Fare}, v.]
   1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]

            That nought might stay his fare.      --Spenser.

   2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for
      conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for
      crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.

   3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]

            The warder chid and made fare.        --Chaucer.

   4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.

            What fare? what news abroad ?         --Shak.

   5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse
      fare; delicious fare. ``Philosophic fare.'' --Dryden.

   6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full
      fare of passengers. --A. Drummond.

   7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.

   {Bill of fare}. See under {Bill}.

   {Fare} {indicator or register}, a device for recording the
      number of passengers on a street car, etc.

   {Fare wicket}.
      (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges,
          exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number
          of persons passing it.
      (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing
          tickets of the driver or passing fares to the
          conductor. --Knight.

Fare \Fare\, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See {Fare}, v.]
   1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]

            That nought might stay his fare.      --Spenser.

   2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for
      conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for
      crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.

   3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]

            The warder chid and made fare.        --Chaucer.

   4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.

            What fare? what news abroad ?         --Shak.

   5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse
      fare; delicious fare. ``Philosophic fare.'' --Dryden.

   6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full
      fare of passengers. --A. Drummond.

   7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.

   {Bill of fare}. See under {Bill}.

   {Fare} {indicator or register}, a device for recording the
      number of passengers on a street car, etc.

   {Fare wicket}.
      (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges,
          exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number
          of persons passing it.
      (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing
          tickets of the driver or passing fares to the
          conductor. --Knight.

Source : WordNet®

fare
     n 1: an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the
          menu of reports" [syn: {menu}]
     2: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance [syn: {transportation}]
     3: a paying (taxi) passenger
     4: the food and drink that are regularly consumed

fare
     v 1: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?";
          "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come
          a long way" [syn: {do}, {make out}, {come}, {get along}]
     2: eat well