fake

(fāk)
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.

[Origin unknown.]

faker fak'er n.
fakery fak'er·y (fā'kə-rē) n.

fake² (fāk)
n.
One loop or winding of a coiled rope or cable.

tr.v., faked, fak·ing, fakes.
To coil (a rope or cable).

[Middle English faken, to coil a rope.]

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adjective

Fraudulently or deceptively imitative: bogus, counterfeit, false, fraudulent, phony, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious. See true/false.

noun

1. One who fakes: charlatan, faker, fraud, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack. See true/false.
2. A fraudulent imitation: counterfeit, forgery, phony, sham. See true/false.

verb

1. To contrive and present as genuine: counterfeit, feign, pretend, simulate. Idioms: make believe, put on an act. See true/false.
2. To make a fraudulent copy of: counterfeit, falsify, forge¹. See true/false.
3. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration: doctor, fabricate, falsify, fictionalize, fictionize. See true/false.
4. To take on or give a false appearance of: affect², assume, counterfeit, feign, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. Idioms: make believe. See true/false.
5. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of: act, counterfeit, dissemble, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. See honest/dishonest, true/false.
6. To compose or recite without preparation: ad-lib, extemporize, improvise, make up. Idioms: wing it. See planned/unplanned, prepared/unprepared.

adj

Definition: false, imitation
Antonyms: genuine, original, real, true, truthful

n

Definition: imposter, copy
Antonyms: original, reality

n. & v. variant spelling of flake.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

as in: something created in your head; fantasy
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verb trans. and intr.
verb trans. and intr., jazz

To improvise. (1926 —) .
Spotlight There was enough good music 'faked' in those days (1944).

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Improper alteration of the appearance of a horse for purpose of fraud. Refers usually to teeth. See also bishoping.

For a list of words related to faker, see:

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - falskneri, forfalskning, attrap, humbugsmager
adj. - uægte, forfalsket
v. tr. - forfalske, opdigte, simulere
v. intr. - lade som om

2.
n. - bugt af oprullet tov
v. tr. - rulle op i bugter

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorwenden, namaken, vervalsen, oplichten, improviseren, touw oprollen, vervalsing, schijnbeweging, vrije lus van touw, bedrieger, goochelinstrument, namaak-, nep-, gefingeerd

Français (French)
1.
n. - faux, imposteur
adj. - faux, artificiel, truqué, en toc, feint
v. tr. - contrefaire, truquer, feindre, falsifier, jouer la comédie, (US) bluffer, improviser, (US, Sport) feindre une passe, faire illusion (dans un discours)
v. intr. - (fig) feinter, bluffer, (Sport) feinter

2.
n. - boucle (d'un cordage enroulé ou gléné), enroulement, glène
v. tr. - enrouler, gléner (un cordage, un câble)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Fälschung, Imitation, Schwindler
adj. - gefälscht
v. - fälschen, vortäuschen, nachmachen, frisieren

2.
n. - Flocke, Splitter, Schuppe
v. - abbröckeln, abblättern, sich schuppen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραποιώ, νοθεύω, πλαστογραφώ, αντιγράφω, απομιμούμαι
n. - (κακή) απομίμηση, κακέκτυπο, πλαστογράφημα, ψεύτικο είδος, απατεώνας, κάλπης
adj. - ψεύτικος, απατηλός, κίβδηλος, πλαστός, (καθομ.) σκηνοθετημένος, σικέ

Italiano (Italian)
fingere, far finta, simulare, contraffare, falsificare, alterare, falso, contraffazione, contraffatto, inventato

Português (Portuguese)
v. - falsificar
n. - falsificação (f)
adj. - falsificado

Русский (Russian)
подделывать, обманывать, притворяться, подделка, фальшивка, обманщик, фальшивый

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - falsificación, copia, imitación, farsante, truco, adujo de cable
adj. - falso, falsificado, fingido
v. tr. - fingir, aparentar, simular, falsificar, adulterar
v. intr. - fingir, aparentar, simular, falsificar, adulterar

2.
n. - cuerda enroscada, formas en que se puede enroscar una cuerda
v. tr. - enroscar prolijamente una cuerda

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - försköna, förfalska, hitta på, simulera, improvisera
n. - förfalskning, bluffmakare
adj. - förfalskad, påhittad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 假的, 冒充的, 冒牌货, 冒充者, 仿造品, 伪造, 冒充, 捏造, 假装, 做假动作, 佯攻

2. 骗子, 伪造, 冒充, 捏造, 假装

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 騙子
v. tr. - 偽造, 冒充, 捏造, 假裝

2.
adj. - 假的, 冒充的
n. - 冒牌貨, 冒充者, 仿造品
v. tr. - 偽造, 冒充, 捏造, 假裝
v. intr. - 假裝, 做假動作, 佯攻

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 사기꾼, 모조품
adj. - 가짜의, 위조의
v. tr. - 날조하다, 모조하다
v. intr. - 날조하다, 가장하다

2.
n. - (밧줄)한 사리
v. tr. - 둘둘 말다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 偽物, 虚報, ぺてん師
adj. - 偽の
v. - 偽造する, でっち上げる, ふりをする, フェイントをかける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزيف , يلفق (الاسم) زيف , تلفيق (صفه) مزيف , ملفق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רמאי, מזוייף, מתחזה‬
n. - ‮זיוף, בלוף, רמאי‬
v. tr. - ‮זייף, המציא‬
v. intr. - ‮התחזה כ-‬
n. - ‮קפל או לולאה של חבל‬
v. tr. - ‮קיפל חבל או סידר אותו בלולאות‬

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