Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fake
Fake
fake
1. n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a thing or person that is not genuine. 2 a trick. --adj. counterfeit; not genuine. --v.tr. 1 make (a false thing) appear genuine; forge, counterfeit. 2 make a pretence of having (a feeling, illness, etc.). Derivatives faker n. fakery n. Etymology: obs. feak, feague thrash f. G fegen sweep, thrash 2. n. & v. Naut. --n. one round of a coil of rope. --v.tr. coil (rope). Etymology: ME: cf. Scottish faik fold
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I. transitive verb (~d; faking) Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century to coil in ~s, II. noun Date: 1627 one loop of a coil (as of ship's rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running, III. adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1775 counterfeit, sham, IV. noun Date: 1827 one that is not what it purports to be: as, a worthless imitation passed off as genuine, impostor, charlatan, a simulated movement in a sports contest (as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent, a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick, see: imposture V. verb (~d; faking) Date: 1851 transitive verb to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously genuine appearance to ; doctor , counterfeit, simulate, concoct , to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a ~, improvise, ad-lib , intransitive verb to engage in faking something ; pretend, to give a ~ to an opponent, ~r noun ~ry noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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