fake

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Adjective

1. Not real; false, fraudulent.
   • Which fur coat looks fake?
2. Insincere

Noun

1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
   • I suspect this passport is a fake.
2. A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
3. A trick; a swindle.
4. An impostor.

Verb

1. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
2. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
   • to fake a marriage
   • to fake happiness
   • to fake a smile
   • The pitcher faked a throw to first base.
3. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
4. To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is.
5. To improvise, in jazz.

Noun

1. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Verb

1. 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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