faking (verb)

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• fake — I. /feɪk / (say fayk) verb (faked, faking) –verb (t) 1. to prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a copy of the ring. 2. to conceal the defects of, usually in order to deceive. 3. to pretend; simulate: to fake… …  

• milk it — verb Faking it, pretending a sickness. Shes not really sick, shes milkin it …   Wiktionary

• fake — I. transitive verb (faked; faking) Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century to coil in fakes 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: origi …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fake — I UK [feɪk] / US adjective made to look like something real in order to trick people a fake passport/visa/document a) made to look like something else, especially something expensive fake fur/pearls/leather a fake tan b) a fake action or feeling… …   English dictionary

• keep — I. verb (kept; keeping) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to Old High German chapfēn to look Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to take notice of by appropriate conduct ; fulfill: as a. to be faithful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fake — [[t]fe͟ɪk[/t]] fakes, faking, faked 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A fake fur or a fake painting, for example, is a fur or painting that has been made to look valuable or genuine, in order to deceive people. The bank manager is said to have issued fake… …   English dictionary

• fake — 1 noun (C) 1 a copy of a valuable object, painting etc that is intended to deceive people: We thought it was a genuine antique, but it was only a fake. 2 someone who is not what they claim to be or does not have the skills they say they have: He… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fake out — ˌfake ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fake out he/she/it fakes out present participle faking out past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• disguise — I noun artifice, camouflage, caricature, cloak, concealment counterfeit, cover, covering, deception, deceptive covering, dissimulation, facade, faking, false appearance, false colors, false copy, false front, guise, hiding, imitation, mask,… …   Law dictionary

• disguise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. camouflage, makeup, dissimulation, concealment, mask. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mask, camouflage, deceptive covering, makeup, faking, front, false front, deception, screen, smoke screen, blind,… …   English dictionary for students

• fake — fake1 [ feık ] adjective made to look like something real in order to trick people: a fake passport/visa/document a. made to look like something else, especially something expensive: fake fur/pearls/leather a fake tan b. a fake action or feeling… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English