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fake (fāk)

transitive verb, intransitive verb faked, faking fak′·ing

    1. to make (something) seem real, satisfactory, etc. by any sort of deception or tampering
    2. to practice deception by pretending or simulating (something)
  2. ☆ to improvise

Etymology: earlier feague, feake, ult. < ? Ger fegen, polish, sweep, in 17th-c. thieves' slang, to clean out a (victim's) purse

noun

  1. anything or anyone not genuine; fraud; counterfeit
  2. Informal a deceptive act, movement, etc.

adjective

  1. fraudulent; not genuine; sham; false
  2. artificial; not real; specif., made of synthetic fibers, to resemble animal fur fake fur

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fake Idioms

fake out

Informal to deceive or outmaneuver as by a feint, bluff, or deceptive act
fake2 definition

fake (fāk)

transitive verb faked, faking fak′·ing

Naut. to lay out (a line) in long, parallel, partly overlapping lengths so that it will run out freely without kinking: usually with down

Etymology: < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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