fake1
(fk)
adj.
Having a false or misleading appearance;
fraudulent.
n.
1.One that is not authentic or
genuine; a sham.
2.Sports. A brief feint or
aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent
or the opposing team.
v.
faked, fak·ing, fakes.
v. tr.
1.To contrive and present
as genuine; counterfeit.
2.To simulate; feign. See
Synonyms at pretend.
3.Music. To improvise (a
passage).
4.Sports. To deceive (an
opponent) with a fake.
v. intr.
1.To engage in feigning,
simulation, or other deceptive activity.
2.Sports. To perform a fake.
[Origin
unknown.]
fake2
(fk)
n.
One loop or winding of a coiled rope
or cable.
v. tr. faked, fak·ing, fakes.
To coil (a rope or cable).
[Middle
English faken, to coil a rope.]
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.
fake
\Fake\, n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang]
fake
\Fake\, n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. f[ae]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.
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.
fake
adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus,
phony,
phoney, bastard] 2: 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 aligator hide" [syn: false,
faux, imitation, simulated] n 1: something false; not what it
seems to be [syn: sham, postiche] 2: a person who makes deceitful
pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, faker, fraud, sham,
pseudo, pseud, role player] v 1: make a copy of with the intent
to deceive [syn: forge, counterfeit] 2: fake or falsify; "Fudge
the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge,
manipulate, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 3: talk through
one's hat [syn: waffle, bullshit, bull]