sham : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sham	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for sham
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sham adj adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" Synonym(s): assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham 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 v make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" Synonym(s): simulate, assume, sham, feign make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" Synonym(s): feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sham \Sham\, a. False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight. They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians. --Jowett (Thucyd)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sham \Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shamming}.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange. 2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.] We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason. --L'Estrange. 3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. {To sham Abram} [or] {Abraham}, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sham \Sham\, n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See {Shame}, n.] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. [bd]A mere sham.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet. Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. --Addison. 2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering. {Pillow sham}, a covering to be laid on a pillow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sham \Sham\, v. i. To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose. Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming. --Macaulay.