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The Meaning of fake
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(n.) 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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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
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(v. t.) To make; to construct; to do.
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(v. t.) 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.
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(n.) A trick; a swindle.
Synonyms
sham
,
postiche
,
imposter
,
impostor
,
pretender
,
faker
,
fraud
,
sham
,
shammer
,
pseudo
,
pseud
,
role player
,
juke
,
forge
,
counterfeit
,
fudge
,
manipulate
,
falsify
,
cook
,
wangle
,
misrepresent
,
talk through one's hat
,
bullshit
,
bull
,
bogus
,
phony
,
phoney
,
bastard
,
FALSE
,
faux
,
imitation
,
simulated
Rhymes
ache
,
ake
,
awake
,
backache
,
bake
,
beefsteak
,
bellyache
,
betake
,
blake
,
brake
,
break
,
caique
,
cake
,
cheesecake
,
crake
,
cupcake
,
dake
,
daybreak
,
drake
,
earthquake
,
flake
,
forsake
,
fruitcake
,
haick
,
haik
,
hake
,
handshake
,
headache
,
heartache
,
heartbreak
,
hotcake
,
intake
,
jacque
,
jake
,
keepsake
,
kittiwake
,
lake
,
make
,
mandrake
,
milkshake
,
mistake
,
muckrake
,
naik
,
namesake
,
opaque
,
outbreak
,
outtake
,
overtake
,
paik
,
pake
,
pancake
,
partake
,
plake
,
quake
,
rake
,
rattlesnake
,
remake
,
retake
,
sake
,
schlake
,
schnake
,
schwake
,
shaik
,
shaikh
,
shake
,
shortcake
,
shrake
,
slake
,
snake
,
snowflake
,
spake
,
stake
,
steak
,
strake
,
sweepstake
,
take
,
undertake
,
uptake
,
wake
,
yake