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The Meaning of fake

  • (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
  • (v. t.) To make; to construct; to do.
  • (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.
  • (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