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say it: fayk
fake is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be". It carries 8 recorded senses.
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
make a copy of with the intent to deceive
“he faked the signature”
“they counterfeited dollar bills”
“She forged a Green Card”
tamper, with the purpose of deception
“Fudge the figures”
“cook the books”
“falsify the data”
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
“The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it”
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
“it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur”
“faux pearls”
“false teeth”
“decorated with imitation palm leaves”
“a purse of simulated alligator hide”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fake come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.