fake

Definition of fake in English English dictionary: To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob; To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it; One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil; Not real; false, fraudulent
Which fur coat looks fake?.; Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently; A trick; a swindle; To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate; Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent; To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify; To make; to construct; to do. (Can we add an for this sense?); To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out; {n} a coil of a rope, a single turn of a cable; A single loop in a faked line; 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. The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates. A fake is something that is fake. It is filled with famous works of art, and every one of them is a fake; The production of a Scouting item, including the reproduction or copy of a previously issued Scouting item (i e : patch), whether identified as such or not, that is made by an individual or a group without the original authorized authority (or successor authority) to produce or issue such an item (ISCA); a counterfeit coin meant to deceive; Having a deliberately false or misleading appearance; not genuine; 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"; {i} counterfeit, imitation, copy; deception; cheat, pretender, deceiver; fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"; To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it; talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"; If someone fakes something, they try to make it look valuable or genuine, although in fact it is not. He faked his own death last year to collect on a $1 million insurance policy. faked evidence; {f} counterfeit, copy; impersonate, pretend; alter in order to deceive; is when the man takes a double-time step or holds a beat to be on the same foot as his partner, then skips or adds (FAKES) a step to return to the opposite foot as that of his partner's (commonly called 'cheating' a step) Also known as a Maxixe; A stamp, cover or cancel that has been altered or concocted to appeal to a collector In a broad sense, fakes include repairs, reperforations and regummed stamps, as well as painted-in cancels, bogus cancels or counterfeit markings Sometimes entire covers are faked; If you fake a feeling, emotion, or reaction, you pretend that you are experiencing it when you are not. Jon faked nonchalance Maturity and emotional sophistication can't be faked. To coil (a rope or cable); A general term referring to a non-original item Related terms include fantasy piece, re-run, reproductions and re-strike; something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be; something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be 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; To make; to construct; to do; (football) a deceptive move made by a football player; A genuine stamp which has has any altering to its colour, perforation, postmark, etc to enhance its value in order to defraud; To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out; A genuine stamp which has any altering to its color, perforation, postmark, etc to enhance its value in order to defraud Fake - Color - Chemical treated of a stamp to alter its color; a rare shade may be produced from a common one, or colors can be changed entirely Fake - Perforation - Amongst perforation fakes to be found are imperforate stamps perforated, perforations removed and wide imperforate margins added, gauge of perforations altered, etc Fake - Repaired - This includes the adding margins and to painting-in missing portions of torn or badly damaged specimens; make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"; {s} counterfeit, false; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; a person who makes deceitful pretenses; An imitation Also, something altered or created to look like something else In stamps, for example, the item may be repaired, reperfed or regummed to resemble a more valuable variety See also: counterfeit; 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. = fraud; TR>
fake etymology: An invented explanation of the origin of a word
fake the funk: To perform below one's capacities
fake the funk: To promise more than one can deliver
fake election: A mock election (or pretend election, fake election) is an election organized for educational or transformative purposes
fake book: a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly
fake book: A book or collection of pages containing information about songs, especially their lyrics, melodies, and chord progressions, used by musicians as a substitute for standard sheet music or as a framework for improvisation
fake it: (Slang) pretend, bluff
fake orgasm: feigned sexual pleasure or excitement
Fake.: fakey
faker: one who fakes something
faker: an impostor or impersonator
fakery: A fraud or forgery; an act of doctoring, or the product of one
for fake: Not for real
Head nodding gently, knees crossed, all but tapping his foot to the human rhythm as though the groans and moans of coitus – for real or for fake – were more a concert on the Third Programme than a Home Servicing.
genuine fake: An imitation of a (usually) valuable object that is so good that it is, to all intents and purposes, identical
If the experts are baffled by such artifacts, does it follow that the public is being cheated of its art experience when looking at a genuine fake such as a van Meegeren Vermeer?.
head fake: Any analogously misleading situation, such as a brief rise before a fall on the stock market
head fake: A player's movement of the head as if to change direction, hoping to mislead pursuers
pump-fake: To pretend to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react
The way he pump-fakes it in the Oval Office is really distracting..
faked: {s} counterfeit, false, forged
faked: past of fake
faker: {i} cheat, pretender, deceiver; counterfeiter
faker: One who fakes something, as a thief, a peddler of petty things, a workman who dresses things up, etc
faker: a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fakery: the act of faking (or the product of faking)
fakery: {i} forgery, counterfeiting
fakes: plural of fake
faking: present participle of fake
faking: {i} fabricating, feigning, counterfeiting

fake

Turkish pronunciation

feyk

Synonyms

feint, adulterate, pass off, pose, affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, concocted, counterfeit, fabricated, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, invented

Antonyms

genuine, original, real, true, truthful, reality

Pronunciation

/ˈfāk/ /ˈfeɪk/

Etymology

[ fAk ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 CE in British criminals' slang. It is probably from feak, feague, "to give a better appearance through artificial means"; akin to D veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe; German fegen, "to sweep", "to polish", compare Old English fācn, fācen (“deceit, fraud”)