fake
1prepare 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.
Jazz.
to improvise: to fake an accompaniment.
to play (music) without reading from a score.
to fake something; pretend.
to give a fake to an opponent.
anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit: This diamond necklace is a fake.
a person who fakes; faker: The doctor with the reputed cure for cancer proved to be a fake.
a spurious report or story.
Sports. a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.
designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit.
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 of fake
1Other words for fake
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Other definitions for fake (2 of 2)
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).
any complete turn of a rope that has been faked down.
any of the various ways in which a rope may be faked down.
Origin of fake
2- Also flake .
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How to use fake in a sentence
With misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic, “cheap” and “deep” fakes of elected officials, and targeted ads and emotionally exploitative social media algorithms, it can begin to feel like all communication is manipulation.
The state’s watchdog, however, argued that the company could falsely spread its rates over a fake population, giving the illusion that customers were getting a cost cut.
Environment Report: State Throws Cold Water on Pricing Scheme | MacKenzie Elmer | September 14, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoShe has coiffed hair and long fake eyelashes, but still puts in the same work everybody else does, taking orders and doing deliveries.
The Big Corporate Rescue and the America That’s Too Small to Save | by Lydia DePillis, Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel | September 12, 2020 | ProPublicaYou see how good we’re doing relative to other countries and other parts of the world, but the fake news doesn’t like saying that, they don’t like telling you that.
Trump keeps lying about how the US Covid-19 situation compares to other countries. Here are the facts. | Aaron Rupar | September 11, 2020 | VoxHowever, the new “fake news” bill would bypass the framework, allowing legislators to create a mechanism that could be used to restrict that freedom for millions of Brazilians.
Brazil’s “fake news” bill won’t solve its misinformation problem | Amy Nordrum | September 10, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Just how many fake nodes would be needed in order to pull off a successful Sybil attack against Tor is not known.
He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom | Marlow Stern | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are many of us who need to talk and be reached out to, even if we use fake Facebook accounts for our safety.
What It’s Like to Be an Atheist in Palestine | Waleed al-Husseini, Movements.Org | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA call made to police beforehand described Rice as “a guy with a pistol” on a swing set, but said it was “probably fake.”
The 14 Teens Killed by Cops Since Michael Brown | Nina Strochlic | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCrooks can use it to apply for credit, file fake claims with insurers, or buy drugs and medical equipment that can be resold.
And then all motion in that portion of the great fake would suddenly cease.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsWithin six months, if you're not sandbagged or jailed on fake libel suits, you'll have a unique bibliography of swindles.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins Adams"I'll bet he's got some kind of a fake story to tell," suggested Will.
The Call of the Beaver Patrol | V. T. ShermanIt might just as well have been any other patent medicine, or any fake cure.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) | W. Grant HagueIf you happen to drift into the fake places, nothing more serious would happen than getting stuck good and hard.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport Gibbons
British Dictionary definitions for fake (1 of 2)
/ (feɪk) /
(tr) to cause (something inferior or not genuine) to appear more valuable, desirable, or real by fraud or pretence
to pretend to have (an illness, emotion, etc): to fake a headache
to improvise (music, stage dialogue, etc)
an object, person, or act that is not genuine; sham, counterfeit, or forgery
not genuine; spurious
Origin of fake
1Derived forms of fake
- faker, noun
- fakery, noun
British Dictionary definitions for fake (2 of 2)
/ (feɪk) nautical /
(tr usually foll by down) to coil (a rope) on deck
one round of a coil of rope
Origin of fake
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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