fake

fake ¹  (fk)

adj.

Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.

n.

1. One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.

2. Sports A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.

v. faked, fak·ing, fakes

v.tr.

1. To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit.

2. To simulate; feign.

3. Music To improvise (a passage).

4. Sports To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.

v.intr.

1. To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.

2. Sports To perform a fake.

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faker n.

faker·y (fk-r) n.

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fake

Verb

[faking, faked]

1. to cause something not genuine to appear real or more valuable by fraud

2. to pretend to have (an illness, emotion, etc.)

Noun

an object, person, or act that is not genuine

Adjective

not genuine: fake fur [probably from Italian facciare to make or do]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fake - something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be sham, postiche fake book - a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly imitation - something copied or derived from an original Potemkin village - something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance
	2.	fake - a person who makes deceitful pretenses faker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
	3.	fake - (football) a deceptive move made by a football player juke feint - any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack) football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
Verb	1.	fake - make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" counterfeit, forge re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"
	2.	fake - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" fudge, falsify, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cook chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" juggle - manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"
	3.	fake - speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" bullshit, talk through one's hat, bull dissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
Adj.	1.	fake - fraudulent; having a misleading appearance bastard, bogus, phoney, phony counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
	2.	fake - 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" faux, imitation, simulated, false artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

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fake

verb 1. forge, copy, reproduce, fabricate, counterfeit, falsify

verb 2. sham, affect, assume, put on, pretend, simulate, feign, go through the motions of

noun 3. forgery, copy, fraud, reproduction, dummy, imitation, hoax, counterfeit

noun 4. charlatan, deceiver, sham, quack, mountebank, phoney or phony (informal)

adjective 5. artificial, false, forged, counterfeit, affected, assumed, put-on, pretend (informal) mock, imitation, sham, pseudo (informal) feigned, pinchbeck, phoney or phony (informal) << OPPOSITE genuine

Translations

fake [feɪk] n (painting etc) → falsificación f;

(person) → impostor(a) m/f

adj → falso

vt → fingir [+ painting etc]; falsificar

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fake [feɪk] n (= painting etc) → faux m (= photo); trucage m (= person); imposteur m

adj → faux(fausse)

vt [+ emotions] → simuler [+ painting]; faire un faux de [+ photo]; truquer [+ story]; fabriquer;

his illness is a fake → sa maladie est une comédie or de la simulation

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fake [feɪk] n → Fälschung f;

(person) → Schwindler(in) m(f)

adj → gefälscht

vt → fälschen;

(illness, emotion) → vortäuschen;

his illness is a fake → er simuliert seine Krankheit nur

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fake [feɪk] n → imitazione f;

(picture) → falso;

(person) → impostore/a

adj → falso/a

vt [+ accounts] → falsificare [+ illness]; fingere [+ painting]; contraffare;

his illness is a fake → fa finta di essere malato