fake
fake / fāk/ • n. a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham. ∎ a person who appears or claims to be something that they are not. ∎ a pretense or trick: his excuse for coming was a fake.• adj. not genuine; counterfeit: expressing fake emotions. ∎ (of a person) claiming to be something that one is not: a fake doctor.• v. [tr.] forge or counterfeit (something). ∎ pretend to feel or suffer from (an emotion or illness): to fake a stomach ache. ∎ make (an event) appear to happen: he faked his own death. ∎ accomplish (a task) by improvising: all the experts agree that you can't fake it ∎ Mus. improvise.DERIVATIVES: fak·er n.fak·er·y / ˈfākərē/ n.fake2 • n. & v. variant spelling of flake4 .
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