faired

Faired is the past tense of fair, a verb with two distinct uses.

In the phrase faired well or faired badly, it describes how someone got along or managed—though fared (from fare) is the standard spelling for this meaning, and faired here is often a spelling error.

In technical contexts, particularly aviation and boatbuilding, to fair means to smooth a surface or streamline a shape: The hull was faired to reduce drag.