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ALL meanings of fake

fake
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  • verb with object fake to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down). 1
  • verb without object fake to fake something; pretend. 1
  • verb without object fake to give a fake to an opponent. 1
  • noun fake any complete turn of a rope that has been faked down. 1
  • noun fake any of the various ways in which a rope may be faked down. 1
  • adjective fake designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit. 1
  • transitive verb fake pretend 1
  • transitive verb fake forge, counterfeit 1
  • transitive verb fake imitate 1
  • noun fake counterfeit 1
  • noun fake sb phoney 1
  • adjective fake toy, pretend 1
  • noun fake spurious story 1
  • noun fake sport: feint, deceptive move 1
  • transitive verb fake make a deceptive move 1
  • noun fake Forge or counterfeit (something). 1
  • adjective fake A fake fur or a fake painting, for example, is a fur or painting that has been made to look valuable or genuine, usually in order to deceive people. 0
  • adjective fake A fake is something that is fake. 0
  • verb fake If someone fakes something, they try to make it look valuable or genuine, although in fact it is not. 0
  • countable noun fake Someone who is a fake is not what they claim to be, for example because they do not have the qualifications that they claim to have. 0
  • verb fake If you fake a feeling, emotion, or reaction, you pretend that you are experiencing it when you are not. 0
  • verb fake to cause (something inferior or not genuine) to appear more valuable, desirable, or real by fraud or pretence 0
  • verb fake to pretend to have (an illness, emotion, etc) 0
  • verb fake to improvise (music, stage dialogue, etc) 0
  • noun fake an object, person, or act that is not genuine; sham, counterfeit, or forgery 0
  • adjective fake not genuine; spurious 0
  • verb fake to coil (a rope) on deck 0
  • noun fake one round of a coil of rope 0
  • verb transitive fake to make (something) seem real, satisfactory, etc. by any sort of deception or tampering 0
  • verb transitive fake to practice deception by pretending or simulating (something) 0
  • verb transitive fake to improvise 0
  • noun fake anything or anyone not genuine; fraud; counterfeit 0
  • noun fake a deceptive act, movement, etc. 0
  • adjective fake fraudulent; not genuine; sham; false 0
  • adjective fake artificial; not real; specif., made of synthetic fibers, to resemble animal fur 0
  • verb transitive fake to lay out (a line) in long, parallel, partly overlapping lengths so that it will run out freely without kinking 0
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