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Synonyms for fairing
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fair-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛər ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for fairing Other synonyms for the word fairing
- allowance
- alms
- award
- benefaction
- benefit
- bequest
- bestowal
- bonus
- boon
- bounty
- charity
- contribution
- courtesy
- dispensation
- donation
- endowment
- fairing
- favor
- giveaway
- goodie
- grant
- gratuity
- hand
- hand-me-down
- handout
- honorarium
- lagniapp
- lagniappe
- largesse
- libation
- oblation
- offertory
- philanthropy
- pittance
- presentation
- provision
- ration
- remembrance
- remittance
- subscription
- token
- write-off
Définition of fairing
Origin :- "piece added for streamlining purposes," 1865, from fair (v.) a ship-building word meaning "to make fair or level, to correct curvatures," from fair (adj.).
- As in handsel : noun gift
- As in gift : noun something given freely, for no recompense
- This so well pleased the knight, that he promised to give him any fairing he might ask for.
- Extract from : « John Deane of Nottingham » by W.H.G. Kingston
- It was Fairing himself who saw this deed which saved Kathleen's life.
- Extract from : « The Right of Way, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- But you must promise me, on your life, on your soul, to keep my fairing a close secret.
- Extract from : « Norston's Rest » by Ann S. Stephens
- Ross skirted the clamoring barrier of salkars and headed for the fairing.
- Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton
- This had to be part of the ridge wall of the valley in which lay the buildings of the fairing.
- Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton
- Approaching from this angle, the structures of the fairing were between him and the fire.
- Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton
- Yet, no matter how you may be fairing, you must not look for help from me, for only today I burned my left hand with the iron!
- Extract from : « Poor Folk » by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Why, you know it is fair day, and you promised Bessie that you would buy her a fairing,—to say nothing of me.
- Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- When they parted, Burns paid Clark his wages in full, gave him a written character, and a shilling for a fairing.
- Extract from : « Robert Burns » by Principal Shairp.
- I found that the last dive I had done the day before had flattened out the fairing on the belly of the ship.
- Extract from : « Test Pilot » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
Antonyms for fairing
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