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Meaning of fake

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fake

Pronunciation:/feɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

  2. A trick; a swindle.

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

verb

Definitions

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

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

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

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

    Example: to fake a marriage

adjective

Definitions

  1. Not real; false, fraudulent.

    Example: Which fur coat looks fake?

  2. (of people) Insincere.

fake

Pronunciation:/feɪk/

noun

Definitions

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

verb

Definitions

  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.