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fake

noun

  1. term in American Football
L16719 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

  1. not real; false, fraudulent, counterfeit
L16720 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to counterfeit
L16721 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /feɪ̯k/

adj

Etymology: The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 C.E. in British criminals' slang. It is probably from feak, feague (“to give a better appearance through artificial means, spruce up, embellish”), itself from German Low German fegen, from Middle Low German vēgen, from Old Saxon fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fegōn (“to clean up, polish”). Akin to Dutch veeg (“a swipe”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, wipe”); German fegen (“to sweep, to polish”). Compare also Old English fācn (“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related also to Old Norse fjúka (“to fade, vanquish, disappear”), Old Norse feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”).

  1. Not real; false, fraudulent.

    Which fur coat looks fake?

    Seeing Rossano Brazzi play an aristocratic White Russian, standing in the fakest snow that wartime supplies could buy, may be the most peculiar twist of all in the curious story of how Ayn Rand's autobiographical first novel came to the screen.

  2. Insincere

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English faken English fake Inherited from Middle English faken (“to coil a rope”).

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

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English faken English fake Inherited from Middle English faken (“to coil a rope”).

  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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