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to pretend to be asleep

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  • Pretend — Pre*tend , v. i. 1. To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; usually with to. Countries that pretend to freedom. Swift. [1913 Webster] For to what fine he would anon pretend,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • asleep —   Hiamoe.    ♦ Fast asleep, pa uhia i ka hiamoe, hiamoe pa a loa, kāia i ka hiamoe.    ♦ To pretend to be asleep, ho ohiamoe, ho olōlō …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • pretend — 01. The children were [pretending] to be cats by walking on all fours, and making meowing sounds. 02. You knew I was angry with you; don t [pretend] you didn t. 03. When my daughter was little, she liked to listen to Pachabel s canon, and… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • pretend — I UK [prɪˈtend] / US verb Word forms pretend : present tense I/you/we/they pretend he/she/it pretends present participle pretending past tense pretended past participle pretended ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to behave in a particular way… …   English dictionary

  • pretend — pre|tend1 [ prı tend ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to behave in a particular way because you want someone to believe that something is true when it is not: We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend? pretend to do… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pretend — pre|tend1 W3S2 [prıˈtend] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: praetendere to stretch out in front, make an excuse , from tendere to stretch ] 1.) [I and T] to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pretend — [[t]prɪte̱nd[/t]] pretends, pretending, pretended 1) VERB If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not. [V that] I pretend that things are… …   English dictionary

  • pretend*/ — [prɪˈtend] verb [I/T] I 1) to behave in a particular way because you want someone to believe that something is true when it is not We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend?[/ex] I m sorry, but I can t just pretend it hasn t… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • pretend — v. 1) (E) ( to feign ); ( to make believe ) she pretended not to notice; I pretended to be busy; the children pretended to be cowboys 2) (L) ( to feign ); ( to make believe ) she pretended that she was asleep; they pretended that they were… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • play possum — verb to pretend to be dead (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑feign, ↑sham, ↑pretend, ↑affect, ↑dissemble • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * 1) pretend to be asleep or unconscious wh …   Useful english dictionary

  • play possum — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To pretend to be asleep. * /Johnny seemed to be fully asleep, but his mother knew that he was playing possum./ 2. To stay quiet for self protection; try to escape attention by inactivity. * /The rabbit played possum under …   Dictionary of American idioms

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