"fake" meaning in English

See fake in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /feɪ̯k/ Audio: en-us-fake.ogg [US] Forms: faker [comparative], fakest [superlative], fake [positive], more fake [comparative], most fake [superlative]
enPR: fāk Head templates: {{adj|fake|faker|fakest}} [POS TABLE], {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Something which is fake is not real, false, or fraudulent.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-adj-EhNpnQmq

Noun

IPA: /feɪ̯k/ Audio: en-us-fake.ogg [US] Forms: fake [singular], fakes [plural]
enPR: fāk Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A fake is a trick; a swindle.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-noun-wYorybfU
  2. A fake is something that is not genuine, or is presented as real that is not real.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-noun-x9ASAZt2
  3. A fake is a move meant to deceive (trick) an opposing player.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-noun-j2jbd2SL Categories (other): Sports
  4. A fake is one of the circles or windings of a cable, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-noun-5rGd-oKh Categories (other): Nautical

Verb

IPA: /feɪ̯k/ Audio: en-us-fake.ogg [US] Forms: fake [canonical], fakes [third-person, singular], faked [past], faked [past, participle], faking [present, participle]
enPR: fāk Head templates: {{verb|fak|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you fake, you cheat, swindle, steal, or rob.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-verb-Mn3XdCXr Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you fake something, you manipulate it fraudulently, so as to make it appear better or other than it is.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-verb-JEYvuyVJ
  3. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-verb-Fmn-DoRa
  4. If you fake something, you make a false display of it; you affect, feign, or simulate it.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-verb-Y7eb-6l0
  5. If you fake, you coil a rope or a wire, by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to stop it from becoming twisted.
    Sense id: simple-fake-en-verb-xQWHUGP7 Categories (other): Nautical
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