verb🔗ShareTo cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob."The student faked an illness to avoid taking the test. "actionbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is"The student faked his father's signature on the permission slip. "appearanceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify."The student faked a doctor's note to excuse his absence from school. "actionbusinesslawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate."to fake a marriage"appearanceactioncharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."The sailor carefully faked the mooring line on the deck so it wouldn't tangle when the boat pulled away from the dock. "nauticalsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
