Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fake"
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) 1.7 (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 that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
[syn: {sham}, {postiche}]
2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor},
{pretender}, {faker}, {fraud}, {sham}, {shammer}, {pseudo},
{pseud}, {role player}]
v 1: make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the
signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; She
forged a Green Card" [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; "The politician was not well
prepared for the debate and faked it" [syn: {bullshit}, {bull}]
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