Definition of fake

• n. - One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
• v. t. - To make; to construct; to do.
• v. t. - To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.
• n. - A trick; a swindle.