Meaning of "fair" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of fair

1. (n) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

2. (n) a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"

3. (n) a competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"

4. (n) gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"

5. (v) join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

6. (adj.sat.) very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there''s a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"

7. (adj.sat.) visually appealing; "our fair city"

8. (adj.sat.) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";

9. (adj.sat.) free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm"

10. (adj) (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"

11. (adj) free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"

12. (adj.sat.) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"

13. (adj.sat.) not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

14. (adj.sat.) of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"

15. (adj) showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"

16. (adj.sat.) more than adequate in quality; "fair work"

17. (adv) in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"

18. (adv) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly"

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