- fake⇄adj. intended to deceive; false.
Ex. a fake telegram. The spy used a fake passport to get in and out of the enemy country. - fake⇄expr. fake out, (U.S. Informal.) to mislead by a fake.
Ex. Lest they be faked out, they learn like any linebacker that when the offensive linemen charge, it is usually a run (Time). - fake⇄fake (1), verb, faked,faking,noun, adjective.
- fake⇄fake (2), noun, verb, faked,faking.
(Nautical.) - fake⇄noun one circle or winding of a rope or cable, that is laid in a coil so that it may be easily run out.
- fake⇄noun 1. anything made to seem other than what it actually is; a fraud; deception.
Ex. The beggar's limp was a fake.
(SYN) cheat.
2. a person who fakes.
Ex. Anyone who says he can fly like a bird is a fake.
3. (Sports.) a - fake⇄v.i. 1. to practice deception; produce a fake.
Ex. He isn't really hurt; he's only faking.
2. (Sports.) to fake an opponent, movement, or play.
Ex. I faked to the sideline and hooked back (Gene Williams).
3. (in jazz) to improvi - fake⇄v.t. to lay or wind (a rope or cable) in fakes; coil.
- fake⇄v.t. 1. to make up to seem satisfactory; falsify; counterfeit.
Ex. to fake an answer. The picture was faked by pasting together two photographs.
2. to give intentionally a false impression of; pretend; feign.
Ex. to fake illness.