1 (disapproving) not genuine; appearing to be sth it is not:
fake designer clothing * a fake American accent
2 made to look like sth else:
a Jean Paul Gaultier jacket in fake fur * Don't go out in the sun-get a fake tan from a bottle.
Part of speech: noun
1 an object such as a work of art, a coin or a piece of jewellery that is not genuine but has been made to look as if it is:
All the paintings proved to be fakes.
2 a person who pretends to be what they are not in order to deceive people
Part of speech: verb
1 [VN] to make sth false appear to be genuine, especially in order to deceive sb:
She faked her mother's signature on the document. * He arranged the accident in order to fake his own death.
2 to pretend to have a particular feeling, illness, etc:
[VN] She's not really sick-she's just faking it. * He faked a yawn. [also V]۠
faker noun
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for fake is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is fake a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fake is tagged as adjective.
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