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      fair
      noun
      Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
      A fair woman; a sweetheart.
      A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
      An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
      An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
      A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
      A surname.
      (data management) Acronym of findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability, a set of principles for data management. [The ability to be found.]
      Acronym of Federation for American Immigration Reform.
      (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
      (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
      (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.
      verb
      (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
      (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
      (transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
      (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
      (intransitive, of weather) To become fair (favorable, not stormy).
      1929, James Frank Dobie, A Vaquero of the Brush Country, page 88:
      1992 05, Wallace O. Chariton, Charlie Eckhardt, Kevin Young, Unsolved Texas Mysteries, Taylor Trade Publications, →ISBN, page 205:
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      (transitive, obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.
      adjective
      Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
      Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
      Just.
      Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
      (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
      Favorable, pleasant.
      Not overcast; cloudless; clear.
      Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
      (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.
      (baseball) Between the baselines.
      (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
      (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.
      (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
      (original sense, archaic or literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
      adverb
      Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.
      (Ireland) Almost; to a great extent but not literally.
      Synonyms for fair
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