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strict | fare |

As an adjective strict

is strained; drawn close; tight.

As a verb fare is

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strict

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Strained; drawn close; tight.
    • strict embrace
    strict ligature
  • Tense; not relaxed.
    • strict fiber
  • Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
    • to keep strict watch
    to pay strict attention
  • Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict  ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.}}
    very strict in observing the Sabbath
  • Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
    • to understand words in a strict sense
  • (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
  • Severe in discipline.

    • Usage notes

    * Stricter'' and ''strictest'' are the grammatically correct forms for the comparative and superlative though outside UK ''more strict'' and ''most strict are more often used.

    Antonyms

    * lenient * lax * permissive

    Related terms

    * stricture * stringent * strain

    External links

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    fare

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) fare, from the merger of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) a going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage
  • Money paid for a transport ticket.
  • A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
  • Food and drink.
  • * , chapter=16
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”}}
  • Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
  • (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
    • Synonyms
    * (journey) see * (sense, prostitute's client) see
    References
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (archaic) To go, travel.
  • To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.
  • * Denham
    • So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
  • To eat, dine.
  • * Bible, Luke xvi. 19
    • There was a certain rich man which fared sumptuously every day.
  • (impersonal) To happen well, or ill.
    • We shall see how it will fare with him.
  • * Milton
    • So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.
    Derived terms
    * afare * farer * farewell * seafaring * spacefaring * warfare * wayfarer * welfare

    Derived terms

    * farewell * fareworthy * standard fare * warfare * welfare * workfare

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs ----