| fair | |
| 1. adj. (literary or archaic) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality. | |
| Monday's child is fair of face. | |
| There was once a knight who wooed a fair young maid. | |
| 2. adj. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. | |
| one's fair name | |
| After scratching out and replacing various words in the manuscript, he scribed a fair copy to send to the publisher. | |
| 3. adj. Light in color, pale, particularly as regards skin tone but also referring to blond hair. | |
| She had fair hair and blue eyes. | |
| 4. adj. Just, equitable. | |
| He must be given a fair trial. | |
| 5. adj. Adequate, reasonable, or decent. | |
| The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment. | |
| 6. adj. (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course. | |
| 7. adj. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc. | |
| a fair sky; a fair day | |
| 8. adj. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc. | |
| a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view | |
| 9. adj. (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines. | |
| 10. adj. (baseball) Between the baselines. | |
| 11. adj. (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player. | |
| 12. adj. (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no-ball. | |
| 13. subst. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). | |
| When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul? | |
| 14. subst. (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women. | |
| 15. subst. (obsolete) Fairness, beauty. | |
| 16. subst. A fair woman; a sweetheart. | |
| 17. subst. (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck. | |
| 18. v. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface). | |
| 19. v. To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members). | |
| 20. v. To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air drag or water resistance. | |
| 21. v. (obsolete) To make fair or beautiful. | |
| 22. adv. clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably | |
| 23. subst. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. | |
| 24. subst. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market. | |
| 25. subst. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair. | |
| 26. subst. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English). | |
