Tra từ fake - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fake [fake fakes faked faking] adjective, noun, verb BrE [feɪk] NAmE [feɪk]
adjective
1. (disapproving)not genuine; appearing to be sth it is not
Syn: ↑counterfeit
•fake designer clothing
•a fake American accent
2. made to look like sth else
Syn: ↑imitation
•a jacket in fake fur
•Don't go out in the sun— get a fake tan from a bottle.

Word Origin:
late 18th cent. (originally slang): origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately related to German fegen ‘sweep, thrash’.

Thesaurus:
fake adj. only before noun
•There was a stall selling fake designer clothing.
fake • • false • • counterfeit • • dummy • |disapproving bogus • • sham • |BrE, informal phoney • |especially AmE, informal phony •
Opp: genuine
fake/false/counterfeit money/currency/coins
a fake/false/bogus identity
a fake/false/phony document/passport/invoice
a fake/bogus/sham marriage
Fake or false? False is used more frequentlyto describe documents and parts of the bodysuch as eyelashes, teeth or a beard, moustache or nose. Fake is used more frequently to describe other objects: fake goods/flowers/pearls/bombs.

Example Bank:
•The caller appeared to have a fake American accent.
•There were a few stalls selling fake designer clothing.
•We sprayed fake snow over the trees to make it look like winter.
•a fake fur jacket
Derived Word: ↑faker

noun
1. an object such as a work of art, a coin or a piece of jewellery that is not genuine but has been made to look as if it is
•All the paintings proved to be fakes.
2. a person who pretends to be what they are not in order to cheat people

Word Origin:
late 18th cent. (originally slang): origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately related to German fegen ‘sweep, thrash’.

Thesaurus:
fake noun C
•All the paintings proved to be fakes.
forgery • • imitation • • dummy • • copy •
a good fake/forgery/imitation/copy
a cheap fake/imitation
a poor/crude forgery/imitation
Fake or forgery? Forgery usually refers to things that are written, drawn, painted or printed in order to deceive people. Fake can refer to any object that is made or produced, as well as artificial copies of natural objects (for example, jewels); fakes may or may not be used to deceive people.

Example Bank:
•She had long ago sold the diamonds and replaced them with fakes.

verb
1. transitive ~ sth to make sth false appear to be genuine, especially in order to cheat sb
•She faked her mother's signature on the document.
•He arranged the accident in order to fake his own death.
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to pretend to have a particular feeling, illness, etc
•She's not really sick— she's just faking it.
•He faked a yawn.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 18th cent. (originally slang): origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately related to German fegen ‘sweep, thrash’.

Example Bank:
•But what if he wasn't faking?
•Do you think she's faking?
•She's not really sick — she's just faking it.