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fakes

/feɪks/

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noun

Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

Examples :

"The store sells designer handbags, but many of them are fakes. "

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noun

A trick; a swindle.

Examples :

""The art dealer quickly identified the paintings as fakes." "

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noun

A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

Examples :

"The basketball player used quick fakes with the ball to get past the defender. "

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verb

To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

Examples :

"The con artist fakes elderly people out of their life savings. "

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verb

To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is

Examples :

"The student fakes his father's signature on the permission slip. "

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verb

To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

Examples :

"The art student fakes the artist's signature on the painting to try and sell it for more money. "

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verb

To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

Examples :

"to fake a marriage"

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noun

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

Examples :

"The sailor carefully arranged the fakes of the heavy rope in a neat circle on the deck so it wouldn't tangle when needed. "

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verb

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.

Examples :

"The sailor expertly fakes the mooring rope, preventing it from twisting as it unwinds. "

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