fake

/feɪk/

noun

  1. 1

    Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

  2. 2

    A trick; a swindle.

  3. 3

    A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

  2. 2

    To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is

  3. 3

    To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

  4. 4

    To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

    to fake a marriage

adjective

  1. 1

    Not real; false, fraudulent.

    Which fur coat looks fake?
  2. 2

    (of people) Insincere.

noun

  1. 1

    One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

verb

  1. 1

    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.

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