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fake

/ˈfeɪk/

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adjective

not true or real

fake emotions

She's a fake friend. :meant to look real or genuine but not real or genuine

That blood is clearly fake.

fake fur/leather

He was wearing a fake mustache.

noun

plural fakes

[count] a copy of something that is meant to look like the real thing in order to trick people

Experts says that the antique/painting/signature is a fake.

a person who pretends to have some special knowledge or ability or pretends to be someone else

He told everyone he was a lawyer, but he was just a fake.

US sports :a movement (such as a pretended kick, pass, or step) that is meant to trick an opponent

The runner made a fake to the left and then cut to the right.

verb

fakes; faked faking

[+ obj] to make (something) seem real or true in order to trick someone

He faked a heart attack.

fake an emotion

She faked her own death. [=she tricked people into thinking that she had died]

to change (something) in order to trick people

He faked the test results.

to make a copy of (something) in order to trick people

She faked her father's signature.

He faked a rare first edition.

US sports

[+ obj] :to pretend to do (something) in order to trick an opponent

The quarterback faked a handoff and then threw a pass downfield.

[+ obj] :to trick (an opponent) by pretending to do something

The runner faked the defender by stepping to his left and then cutting to the right. - often + out

He faked out the defender.

[no obj] :to make a false movement in order to deceive an opponent

The runner faked left and then cut to the right.

[+ obj] :to pretend to know or to be able to do (something)

He didn't know the words to the song, so he had to fake them.

fake it

informal :to pretend to be something that you are not or to have some knowledge or ability that you do not really have

He acts like he's my friend, but I can tell that he's just faking it.

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

Don't believe him when he says he'll help you. He's just trying to fake you out. - see also 3fake 2b (above)

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