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

fake adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] 2: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide" [syn: fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated] n 1: something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be [syn: fake, sham, postiche] 2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player] 3: (football) a deceptive move made by a football player [syn: juke, fake] v 1: make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" [syn: forge, fake, counterfeit] 2: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 3: speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" [syn: talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake]

fake attested in London criminal slang as adj. (1775), verb (1812), and noun (1827), but probably older. Likely source is feague "to spruce up by artificial means," from Ger. fegen "polish, sweep," also "to clear out, plunder" in colloquial use. "Much of our early thieves' slang is Ger. or Du., and dates from the Thirty Years' War" [Weekley]. Or it may be from L. facere "to do."

fake I. transitive verb (faked; faking) Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century to coil in fakes II. noun Date: 1627 one loop of a coil (as of ship's rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running III. adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1775 counterfeit, sham IV. noun Date: 1827 one that is not what it purports to be: as a. a worthless imitation passed off as genuine b. impostor, charlatan c. a simulated movement in a sports contest (as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent d. a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick Synonyms: see imposture V. verb (faked; faking) Date: 1851 transitive verb 1. to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously genuine appearance to ; doctor <faked the lab results> 2. counterfeit, simulate, concoct <faked a heart attack> 3. to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake 4. improvise, ad-lib <whistle a few bars…and I'll fake the rest — Robert Sylvester> intransitive verb 1. to engage in faking something ; pretend — sometimes used with it <if you don't have the answers, fake it> 2. to give a fake to an opponent • faker noun • fakery noun

fake
1.
n., adj., & v.
--n.
1 a thing or person that is not genuine.
2 a trick.
--adj. counterfeit; not genuine.
--v.tr.
1 make (a false thing) appear genuine; forge, counterfeit.
2 make a pretence of having (a feeling, illness, etc.).
Derivatives:
faker n. fakery n.
Etymology: obs. feak, feague thrash f. G fegen sweep, thrash
2.
n. & v. Naut.
--n. one round of a coil of rope.
--v.tr. coil (rope).
Etymology: ME: cf. Scottish faik fold

fake (fakes, faking, faked) 1. A fake fur or a fake painting, for example, is a fur or painting that has been made to look valuable or genuine, usually in order to deceive people. The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates. ADJ: usu ADJ n • A fake is something that is fake. It is filled with famous works of art, and every one of them is a fake. N-COUNT 2. If someone fakes something, they try to make it look valuable or genuine, although in fact it is not. He faked his own death last year to collect on a $1 million insurance policy. ...faked evidence. VERB: V n, V-ed 3. Someone who is a fake is not what they claim to be, for example because they do not have the qualifications that they claim to have. = fraud N-COUNT 4. If you fake a feeling, emotion, or reaction, you pretend that you are experiencing it when you are not. Jon faked nonchalance... Maturity and emotional sophistication can't be faked. VERB: V n, V n

Fake \Fake\, v. t. [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.] 1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. 2. To make; to construct; to do. 3. To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

Fake \Fake\, n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang]

Fake \Fake\, n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. f[ae]c space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake \Fake\, v. t. (Naut.) 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. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.

fake ̈ɪfeɪk v. 1 falsify, doctor, alter, modify, counterfeit, fabricate, manufacture, forge: He faked the evidence in order to implicate his own sister. 2 pretend, make a pretence of, dissemble, feign, sham, make believe, simulate, affect: She faked a headache to avoid gym classes. --n. 3 hoax, counterfeit, sham, forgery, imitation, Colloq phoney or US also phony: The experts agree that the painting is a fake. 4 faker, impostor, charlatan, fraud, hoaxer, mountebank, cheat, humbug, quack, pretender, Colloq phoney or US also phony: He isn't a doctor - he's a fake! --adj. 5 false, counterfeit, forged, sham, fraudulent, imitation, pinchbeck, bogus, spurious, factitious, Colloq phoney or US also phony: He escaped the country using a fake passport.

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