fake
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of FAKE
:
not true or real
:
meant to look real or genuine but not real or genuine
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fake emotions
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She's a fake friend.
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That blood is clearly fake.
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fake fur/leather
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He was wearing a fake mustache.
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fake
/ˈfeɪk/
noun
plural
fakes
2
fake
/ˈfeɪk/
noun
plural
fakes
Britannica Dictionary definition of FAKE
[count]
1
:
a copy of something that is meant to look like the real thing in order to trick people
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Experts say that the antique/painting/signature is a fake.
2
:
a person who pretends to have some special knowledge or ability or pretends to be someone else
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He told everyone he was a lawyer, but he was just a fake.
3
US, sports
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a movement (such as a pretended kick, pass, or step) that is meant to trick an opponent
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The runner made a fake to the left and then cut to the right.
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fake
/ˈfeɪk/
verb
fakes;
faked;
faking
3
fake
/ˈfeɪk/
verb
fakes;
faked;
faking
Britannica Dictionary definition of FAKE
1
[+ object]
a
:
to make (something) seem real or true in order to trick someone
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He faked a heart attack.
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fake an emotion
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She faked her own death. [=she tricked people into thinking that she had died]
b
:
to change (something) in order to trick people
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He faked the test results.
c
:
to make a copy of (something) in order to trick people
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She faked her father's signature.
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He faked a rare first edition.
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US, sports
a
[+ object]
:
to pretend to do (something) in order to trick an opponent
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The quarterback faked a handoff and then threw a pass downfield.
b
[+ object]
:
to trick (an opponent) by pretending to do something
— often + out
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The runner faked the defender by stepping to his left and then cutting to the right.
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He faked out the defender.
c
[no object]
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to make a false movement in order to deceive an opponent
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The runner faked left and then cut to the right.
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[+ object]
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to pretend to know or to be able to do (something)
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He didn't know the words to the song, so he had to fake them.
fake it
informal
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to pretend to be something that you are not or to have some knowledge or ability that you do not really have
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He acts like he's my friend, but I can tell that he's just faking it.
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He didn't know the words to the song, so he had to fake it.
fake out
[phrasal verb]
fake (someone) out
or
fake out (someone)
chiefly US, informal
:
to deliberately deceive (someone)
:
fool
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see also 3fake 2b (above)
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Don't believe him when he says he'll help you. He's just trying to fake you out.
— faker
noun, plural fakers [count]-
You're not hurt, you faker.
