fake
To fake means to create a false impression, to lie and pretend to be something you aren't, or to create a knock-off or impersonation.
(verb)- An example of fake is when you pretend to be sick when you aren't.
- An example of fake is when you pretend to be competent at a task you can't do.
- An example of fake is when you forge a signature.
Fake is defined as a knock-off, or someone or something that isn't what it appears to be.
(noun)- An example of a fake is a knock-off designer bag.
- An example of a fake is a person who is phony and who pretends to be nice when really he is not.
The definition of fake is someone or something that is not genuine.
(adjective)An example of fake is a description for a knock-off designer purse.
See fake in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb faked, faking
- to make (something) seem real, satisfactory, etc. by any sort of deception or tampering
- to practice deception by pretending or simulating (something)
- ☆ to improvise
Origin: earlier feague, feake, ult. < ? Ger fegen, polish, sweep, in 17th-c. thieves' slang, to clean out a (victim's) purse
noun
- anything or anyone not genuine; fraud; counterfeit
- Informal a deceptive act, movement, etc.
adjective
- fraudulent; not genuine; sham; false
- artificial; not real; specif., made of synthetic fibers, to resemble animal fur: fake fur
See fake in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.
- Sports A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.
- To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit.
- To simulate; feign.
- Music To improvise (a passage).
- Sports To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.
- To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.
- Sports To perform a fake.
Origin:
Origin: Origin unknown
.Related Forms:
- fakˈer noun
- fakˈer·y (fāˈkə-rē) noun
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English faken, to coil a rope
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