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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[Origin unknown.]

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faker n.

faker·y (fk-r) n.

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fake ²  (fk)

n.

One loop or winding of a coiled rope or cable.

tr.v. faked, fak·ing, fakes

To coil (a rope or cable).

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[Middle English faken, to coil a rope.]

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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

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fake

n fake [feik]

1 a worthless imitation (especially intended to deceive); a forgery That picture is a fake. namaaksel, vervalsing تَقْليد، غِش фалшификат padělek forfalskning; efterligning die Fälschung απομίμηση falsificación võltsing هر چیز جعلی väärennös faux זִיוּף नकल falsifikat, krivotvorina hamisítvány pemalsuan, imitasi eftirlíking falso にせ物 가짜, 모조품 klastotė, falsifikatas viltojums; pakaļdarinājums imitasi vervalsing etterlikning, forfalskning fałszerstwo, imitacja falsificação imitaţie подделка falzifikát ponaredek lažnjak förfalskning ของปลอม sahte/taklit şey 贗品 підробка; фальшивка جعلی ، نقلی đồ giả 赝品

2 a person who pretends to be something he is not He pretended to be a doctor, but he was a fake. bedrieër مُدَّعٍ، كاذِب мошеник podvodník bedrager; svindler der Schwindler απατεώνας impostor petis آدم متظاهر؛ دغلکار huijari imposteur מִתחָזֶה बहाना करना lažac, prevarant csaló gadungan loddari impostore いかさま師 아니면서 ...인 척하는 사람, 가짜, 사기꾼 apsimetėlis, apsišaukėlis blēdis; viltvārdis palsu oplichter bløffmaker oszust impostor impostor самозванец podvodník, -čka šarlatan prevarant bluff เสแสร้ง sahtekâr kimse 騙子 аферист, самозванець بغیر اہلیت کے کسی کام کو کرنے کا دعوہ کرنا kẻ mạo nhận 骗子

adj

1 made in imitation of something more valuable, especially with the intention of deceiving fake diamonds. nagemaak, vervalste مُزَيَّف фалшив falešný forfalsket; imiteret; uægte gefälscht ψεύτικος, πλαστός, κίβδηλος falso võltsitud تقلبی väärennetty faux מְזוּיָף जाली lažan hamis palsu falsaður, óekta falso 偽造の 가짜의, 위조된 netikras, padirbtas viltots palsu namaak- imitert, forfalsket fałszywy falso fals(ificat) фальшивый falošný ponarejen lažan falsk, förfalskad ที่ปลอม; เก๊ sahte, taklit 假的 фальшивий کسی اصلی چیز کی جعلی نقل giả 假的

2 pretending to be something one is not a fake clergyman. nagemaak, vals, oneg زائِف، كاذِب лъжлив falešný falsk; bedragerisk falsch ψεύτικος falso, fingido vale- دروغی vale- faux מִתחָזֶה नकली lažan, prijetvoran ál- gadungan falskur falso にせの 가짜 ... apsimetėlis viltvārža- berpura-pura pseudo- skinn-, falsk, –etterlikning fałszywy falso impostor самозванный falošný lažen lažan falsk ที่ปลอมตัว sahtekâr 冒充的 самозваний; фіктивний وہ ہونے کا دکھاوا کرنا جو حقیقت میں ہو نہیں giả danh 冒充的

v

to pretend or imitate in order to deceive to fake a signature. namaak, vervals يُزّيِّف، يُقَلِّد подправям napodobit forfalske; efterligne fälschen πλαστογραφώ, προσποιούμαι falsificar võltsima جعل کردن väärentää contrefaire לְזַייֵף धोखे देने के लिए नकली बनाना krivotvoriti, imitirati hamisít memalsukan falsa falsificare 偽造する 날조하다, ...인 체하다 falsifikuoti, padirbti, klastoti viltot memalsukan vervalsen etterlikne, simulere, forfalske fałszować forjar a contraface подделывать napodobniť ponarediti krivotvoriti förfalska ปลอมแปลง sahtesini yapmak, taklit etmek 偽造 підробляти; шахраювати دھوکا دینے کے لیے تقلّب کرنا giả mạo 伪造