faked
simple past tense and past participle of fake
• Fedak
Source: Wiktionary
Fake, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. fĂŠc space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.)
Definition: One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Fake, v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: 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. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.
Fake, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.]
1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
2. To make; to construct; to do.
3. 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.
Fake, n.
Definition: A trick; a swindle. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red â indicating ripeness â they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
