fake
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[edit] Etymology 1
The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 CE in British criminals' slang[1]. It is probably from feak, feague, "to give a better appearance through artificial means"; akin to D veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe; German fegen, "to sweep", "to polish", compare Old English fācn, fācen (“deceit, fraud”)
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fake (comparative faker or more fake, superlative fakest or most fake)
- Not real; false, fraudulent.
- Which fur coat looks fake?
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- See also Wikisaurus:fake
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not real
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fake (plural fakes)
- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
- A trick; a swindle.
- (soccer) Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent.
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something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently
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- (soccer move): feint
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fake (third-person singular simple present fakes, present participle faking, simple past and past participle faked)
- To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
- To make; to construct; to do. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To modify 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.
- To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
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- (To modify fraudulently): adulterate
- (To make a false display): pass off, pose
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To make a false display of
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To modify fraudulently
To falsify
[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English faken, to coil a rope.
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fake (plural fakes)
- (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
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fake (third-person singular simple present fakes, present participle faking, simple past and past participle faked)
- (nautical) 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.
