Fake (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), faked, fak·ing.
  1. prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a report showing nonexistent profits.
  2. to conceal the defects of or make appear more attractive, interesting, valuable, etc., usually in order to deceive: The story was faked a bit to make it more sensational.
  3. to pretend; simulate: to fake illness.
  4. to accomplish by trial and error or by improvising: I don't know the job, but I can fake it.
  5. to trick or deceive (an opponent) by making a fake (often followed by out): The running back faked out the defender with a deft move and scored.
  6. Jazz.
    • to improvise: to fake an accompaniment.
    • to play (music) without reading from a score.
verb (used without object), faked, fak·ing.
  1. to fake something; pretend.
  2. to give a fake to an opponent.
noun
  1. anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit: This diamond necklace is a fake.
  2. a person who fakes; faker: The doctor with the reputed cure for cancer proved to be a fake.
  3. a spurious report or story.
  4. a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.
adjective
  1. designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit.
Verb Phrases
  1. fake out, Slang.
    • to trick; deceive: She faked me out by acting friendly and then stole my job.
    • to surprise, as by a sudden reversal: They thought we weren't coming back, but we faked them out by showing up during dinner.
verb (used with object), faked, fak·ing.
  1. to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
noun
  1. any complete turn of a rope that has been faked down.
  2. any of the various ways in which a rope may be faked down.
verb
  1. to cause (something inferior or not genuine) to appear more valuable, desirable, or real by fraud or pretence
  2. to pretend to have (an illness, emotion, etc)
  3. to improvise (music, stage dialogue, etc)
noun
  1. an object, person, or act that is not genuine; sham, counterfeit, or forgery
adjective
  1. not genuine; spurious
verb
  1. to coil (a rope) on deck
noun
  1. one round of a coil of rope
Fake (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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