fair

fair

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈfɛə/]

Senses

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.

No relations.

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