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fake

1  [feyk] verb, faked, fak⋅ing, noun, adjective
Use fake in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a report showing nonexistent profits.
2. 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.
3. to pretend; simulate: to fake illness.
4. to accomplish by trial and error or by improvising: I don't know the job, but I can fake it.
5. to trick or deceive (an opponent) by making a fake (often fol. by out): The running back faked out the defender with a deft move and scored.
6. Jazz.
a. to improvise: to fake an accompaniment.
b. to play (music) without reading from a score.
–verb (used without object)
7. to fake something; pretend.
8. to give a fake to an opponent.
–noun
9. 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.
a. to trick; deceive: She faked me out by acting friendly and then stole my job.
b. 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); perh. var. of obs. feak, feague to beat, akin to D veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe

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

fake

2  [feyk] verb, faked, fak⋅ing, noun Nautical
–verb (used with object)
1. to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often fol. by down).
–noun
2. any complete turn of a rope that has been faked down.
3. any of the various ways in which a rope may be faked down.
Also, flake.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME faken to coil (a rope), of obscure orig.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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fake 1   (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.]
fak'er n., fak'er·y (fā'kə-rē) n.
fake 2   (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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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