fake in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "fake"

    • (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
    • (nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
    • Not real; false, fraudulent.
    • Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
    • A trick; a swindle.
    • (soccer) Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent.
    • To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
    • To make; to construct; to do. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    • To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.
    • To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
    • To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
    • adjective
      Not real; false, fraudulent.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
    • noun
      Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
    • noun
      A trick; a swindle.
    • noun
      (sports)
      A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
    • verb
      To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
    • verb
      (archaic)
      To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
    • verb
      To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
    • verb
      To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
    • verb
      (nautical)
      To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
    • To modify fraudulently
    • To falsify
    • not real
    • To make a false display of
    • To make a copy of with the intent to deceive.
    • Not genuine; imitating something superior.
    • adjective
      fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
    • adjective
      not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
    • noun
      a person who makes deceitful pretenses
    • noun
      (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
    • noun
      something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
    • verb
      make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
    • verb
      speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
    • verb
      tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

    Synonyms of "fake" in English dictionary

    phony, forge, cheat are the top synonyms of "fake" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fake

    • fake ( comparative faker or more fake, superlative fakest or most fake)
    • fake ( plural  fakes)
    • fake ( third-person singular simple present fakes, present participle faking, simple past and past participle faked)
    • fake (comparative faker or more fake, superlative fakest or most fake)
    • fake (plural fakes)
    • fake (third-person singular simple present fakes, present participle faking, simple past and past participle faked)
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