fake (verb)
1fake out — ˌfake ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fake out he/she/it fakes out present participle faking out past tense …
2fake — I noun charlatan, copy, counterfeit copy, emulation, fabrication, facsimile, false representation, falsehood, falsification, feigned copy, forged duplicate, forgery, fraud, fraudulent replica, hoax, imitation, imposter, pretender, quack, replica …
3fake — attested in London criminal slang as adjective (1775), verb (1812), and noun (1851, of persons 1888), but probably older. A likely source is feague to spruce up by artificial means, from Ger. fegen polish, sweep, also to clear out, plunder in… …
4fake — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not genuine; counterfeit. ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing that is not genuine. ► VERB 1) forge or counterfeit. 2) pretend to feel or suffer from (an emotion or illness). DERIVATIVES faker noun …
5fake the funk — verb a) To perform below ones capacities. b) To promise more than one can deliver …
6fake — I. /feɪk / (say fayk) verb (faked, faking) –verb (t) 1. to prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a copy of the ring. 2. to conceal the defects of, usually in order to deceive. 3. to pretend; simulate: to fake… …
7fake — I. transitive verb (faked; faking) Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century to coil in fakes II. noun Date: 1627 one loop of a coil (as of ship s rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running III. adjective Etymology: origi …
8fake — [[t]fe͟ɪk[/t]] fakes, faking, faked 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A fake fur or a fake painting, for example, is a fur or painting that has been made to look valuable or genuine, in order to deceive people. The bank manager is said to have issued fake… …
9Fake — Der oder das Fake ist ein englischer Begriff für eine Fälschung, ein Imitat oder einen Schwindel[1]; im weiteren Sinne auch ein Begriff für den damit verbundenen bzw. versuchten Betrug. Jemand, der etwas Falsches als richtig vortäuscht, wird… …
10fake — 1 noun (C) 1 a copy of a valuable object, painting etc that is intended to deceive people: We thought it was a genuine antique, but it was only a fake. 2 someone who is not what they claim to be or does not have the skills they say they have: He… …
