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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fake \Fake\, v. t. [Cf. Gael. faigh to get acquire, reach, or OD facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.] 1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. 2. To make to construct; to do 3. 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fake \Fake\, n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fake \Fake\, n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS f[ae]c space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fake \Fake\, v. t. (Naut.) 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 {Faking box}, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fake adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: {bogus}, {phony}, {phoney}, {bastard}] 2: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated aligator hide" [syn: {false}, {faux}, {imitation}, {simulated}] n 1: something false; not what it seems to be [syn: {sham}, {postiche}] 2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor}, {pretender}, {faker}, {fraud}, {sham}, {pseudo}, {pseud}, {role player}] v 1: make a copy of with the intent to deceive [syn: {forge}, {counterfeit}] 2: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: {fudge}, {manipulate}, {falsify}, {cook}, {wangle}, {misrepresent}] 3: talk through one's hat [syn: {waffle}, {bullshit}, {bull}]
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