"faring" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: farings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} faring (plural farings)
  1. An adventure, trek, journey.
    Sense id: en-faring-en-noun-Vd52Hr7f Categories (other): Travel Disambiguation of Travel: 39 20 40
  2. (Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of fairing (“something edible; fare”). Tags: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: fairing (extra: something edible; fare)
    Sense id: en-faring-en-noun-MELeNIug Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Travel Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 70 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 68 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 77 11 Disambiguation of Travel: 39 20 40

Verb

Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} faring
  1. present participle and gerund of fare Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fare
    Sense id: en-faring-en-verb-ZRea4DPd Categories (other): Travel Disambiguation of Travel: 39 20 40

Inflected forms

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