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Fake

[feyk]

verb (used with object)

prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a report showing nonexistent profits.

to conceal the defects of or make appear more attractive, interesting, valuable, etc., usually in order to deceive: The story was faked a bit to make it more sensational.

to pretend; simulate: to fake illness.

to accomplish by trial and error or by improvising: I don't know the job, but I can fake it.

to trick or deceive (an opponent) by making a fake (often followed by out): The running back faked out the defender with a deft move and scored.

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Jazz.

to improvise: to fake an accompaniment.

to play (music) without reading from a score.

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verb (used without object)

to fake something; pretend.

to give a fake to an opponent.

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noun

anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit: This diamond necklace is a fake.

10.

a person who fakes; faker: The doctor with the reputed cure for cancer proved to be a fake.

11.

a spurious report or story.

12.

Sports. a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.

adjective

13.

designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit.

Verb phrase

14.

fake out, Slang.

to trick; deceive: She faked me out by acting friendly and then stole my job.

to surprise, as by a sudden reversal: They thought we weren't coming back, but we faked them out by showing up during dinner.

Origin:
1805–15; orig. vagrants' slang: to do for, rob, kill (someone), shape (something); perhaps variant of obsolete feak, feague to beat, akin to Dutch veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe

Synonyms
3. feign, affect, dissemble, sham, fabricate. 10. fraud, impostor, quack, charlatan, deceiver.

Example Sentences

Research has determined that women were much less likely than men to fake injuries on the soccer field.

Fake reports of racially and ideologically motivated attacks are not new in higher education.

Few can tell the difference between a well-made fake and the real thing.

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Research has determined that women were much less likely than men to fake injuries on the soccer field.

Fake reports of racially and ideologically motivated attacks are not new in higher education.

Few can tell the difference between a well-made fake and the real thing.

But there's been little discussion to date of how a fake inscription might impact the claims to that area where mosques now stand.

People who fake symptoms of mental illness can convince themselves that they genuinely have those symptoms, a new study suggests.

We stand admiring the falling fake snow and flashing lasers.

Sure, you can look at the motion of an object to show it is fake.

One buyer said she had had a set of brooches examined by an independent appraiser who judged them fake.

More constructively: do not fake your way through an interview as practice.

So steer clear of the fake designer handbags and computer software, however tempting the prices.

Fake medieval paintings now completely covered four of its pages.

Cloned frogs had refused to grow past the tadpole stage, and a seeming success in mice had proved to be a fake.

So even if you knew which story was fake ahead of time, the show would still be worth watching.

There are many complaints of teachers' using fake excuses to skip work each year.

There's even a template to create a fake funeral program.

These are supplied by an ecclesiastical talent agency complete with fake ordination papers, should anyone bother to ask.

Fake crying and pretend laughing are among the earliest.

Here is a great video showing a fake bug circus that charges a phone.

Mike never went to law school, but he combines a photographic, elephantine memory with near-genius intelligence to fake it well.

And there's no guarantee that all those who read or heard about a fake announcement will get to hear that it was in fact a hoax.

It's fake bonding, parents can't recognize their newborns until they get to know them.

The fake retains the original's self-winding internals and deep-sea-diver design.

The student, who was reportedly showing the fake dynamite to a friend, did not appear to threaten anyone.

Z's perception of his own popularity was as fake as he is.

The first photos of him released were later admitted to be fake.

Getting out of awkward situations is a fake phone call away using a new iPhone application.

Along with the diplomas, the company also provided fake transcripts and phony letters of recommendation.

It is a hell of a lot easer to gain or fake citizen ship, then fake being born american.

Modern technology is making it tough for even the expert to spot a fake.

Kick your costume-mandatory dance party into high gear by filling the dance floor with heaps of fake fog.

We kind of have to post this fake picture of the next-generation iPhone.

Scientists develop fake tanning lotions that will look more natural and help prevent skin cancer.

Fraudsters rack up millions of dollars in merchandise using fake credit cards with.

Museums will soon be armed with a new tool to detect your fake paintings: a sharp-eyed computer program.

Read about tricks food stylists use to make fake food look fabulous.

But they caution that a tree with tinsel or fake snow spray cannot be recycled.

When young scientists fake results, their mentors-senior.

But a new method of identification may prove much harder to evade with fake body parts.

One tunnel held four fake tomato plants, the other four genuine plants.

Researchers report that the shark's single eye is made of functional optical tissue, so it's not a fake.

With that over there's some time left for fake planning.

From knock-off designs to copycat brand names, pirated music and fake drugs.

Small chunks cut from a fake fireplace log will prolong the burn.

People buy fake college degrees and use them to get jobs and, in some cases, visas.

Another stands accused of staging fake production of biodiesel when investors.

The team then added fake fish, which had been painted with a range of colors and patterns, to the reef.

Fake crying can be discerned because infants often stop to see whether anyone is listening before resuming.

The coloring in the fake is uniform across, and the.

If you are going to pay to go to a fake conference you should stick with the original fake conference.

The three fake meteorites will not be moving as fast and will not experience such high temperatures as do genuine ones.

In multiple trials, she hid a wireless speaker in a fake tree trunk near each group of elephants, then drove away.

But their fingers behaved differently when they saw a fake typo versus when they made a real one.

That's why fake blood needs to be sticky and goopy.

There was no calling forth a fake school spirit or any valorizing of a not so valorous past.

For ten bucks, the man adept at making snuff boxes and fake diamond rings builds a tiny vascular clamp.

But while there's nothing fake about their sound, it's.

Last year scientists used a similar tactic to fake an entire out-of-body experience:.

She probably got away with tens of thousands of dollars from fake payroll checks.

The merchants of fake fun have met some resistance.

Also, legitimate manufacturers have warned consumers that fake products pose potential health hazards, such as.

One of the reasons why some people go in for fake degrees is due to the amount of emphasis placed on the piece of paper.

Khan, who is nonetheless trying to train himself on how to distinguish real statues from fake ones.

The hat with the fake bottom, which conceals a rabbit.

No pre-programming is necessary for this app to make your phone ring with a fake call from anyone in your contact list.

Sometimes it can be hard to tell if a photo has been manipulated, but these clues will help you spot a fake.

And the box that has fake feet sticking out of one end, so the lady can.

If you have to use the fake stuff extract then add a little sugar to the mixture.

He gets magic lessons from a fake sorcerer then he decides to have a magic show in front of his people.

Some unscrupulous drivers will claim not to have change, and will even swap your legitimate cash for fake bills.

Because you could as easily fake that there is a bomb.

The fake thumb has no joints, a dead giveaway that it's not a real finger.

Virtual worlds offer millions of online visitors the chance to ride a dragon or build a fake real estate empire.

Now surely if a respondent tried to fake normality by giving the popular.

And two-thirds of the subjects did not recall seeing the fake fight.

Yes, it does, which is in stark contrast to the multiple contradictory hypothesis that the fake skeptics put forth.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).

noun

any complete turn of a rope that has been faked down.

any of the various ways in which a rope may be faked down.

Also, flake.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English faken to coil (a rope), of obscure origin

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World English Dictionary

fake¹ (feɪk)

—vb
1.	(tr) to cause (something inferior or not genuine) to appear more valuable, desirable, or real by fraud or pretence
2.	to pretend to have (an illness, emotion, etc): to fake a headache
3.	to improvise (music, stage dialogue, etc)

—n
4.	an object, person, or act that is not genuine; sham, counterfeit, or forgery

—*adj*
5.	not genuine; spurious

[originally (C18) thieves' slang to mug or do someone; probably via Polari from Italian facciare to make or do]

'faker¹

—n

'fakery¹

—n

fake² (feɪk)

—vb (usually foll by down)
1.	to coil (a rope) on deck

—n
2.	one round of a coil of rope

[Middle English faken, perhaps via Lingua Franca from Italian facciare to make or do; see fake¹]

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Word Origin & History

fake

attested in London criminal slang as adj. (1775), verb (1812), and noun (1827), but probably older. Likely source is feague "to spruce up by artificial means," from Ger. fegen "polish, sweep," also "to clear out, plunder" in colloquial use. "Much of our early thieves' slang is Ger. or Du., and dates

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from the Thirty Years' War" [Weekley]. Or it may be from L. facere "to do." Related: Faked; faker; fakes; faking.

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