fair
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈfɛə/]
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1. fair (adj) — sense 1
Definition: Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
Example: Monday's child is fair of face.
2. fair (adj) — sense 2
Definition: Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
Example: one's fair name
3. fair (adj) — sense 3
Definition: Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
Example: She had fair hair and blue eyes.
4. fair (noun) — sense 4
Definition: Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
Example: When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?
5. fair (noun) — sense 5
Definition: A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
Example: Love and Hymen, hand in hand,
Come, restore the nuptial band!
And sincere delights prepare
To crown the hero and the fair.
6. fair (noun) — sense 6
Definition: Fairness, beauty.
Example: My decayed fair
7. fair (verb) — sense 7
Definition: To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
8. fair (verb) — sense 8
Definition: To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
9. fair (verb) — sense 9
Definition: To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
Example: Since the sequence of data contain sampling noises, the captured motion is not smooth and wiggles along the moving path. There are well-known fairing algorithms in Euclidean space based on difference geometry.
10. fair (adv) — sense 10
Definition: Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.
11. fair (adv) — sense 11
Definition: Almost; to a great extent but not literally.
Example: "I'm fair moidered to know what to do wid him," she confessed to the rosy-cheeked Bridget one day.
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