fake : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fake	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for fake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fake adj fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] 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" Synonym(s): fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated n something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be Synonym(s): fake, sham, postiche a person who makes deceitful pretenses Synonym(s): imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player (football) a deceptive move made by a football player Synonym(s): juke, fake v make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" Synonym(s): forge, fake, counterfeit tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" Synonym(s): fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" Synonym(s): talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fake \Fake\, n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. f[91]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fake \Fake\, n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.