I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a false/fake address
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He gave the police a false address.
imitation/fake/artificial etc fur
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a pair of gloves trimmed with fake fur
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Beware of fakes when buying antiques.
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Is the vase a genuine antique or a fake ?
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It turned out her doctor was a fake .
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Three months after I bought it, a friend who works at the museum told me it was probably a fake .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hugh Tait has taken the lead in trying to distinguish between fact and fiction when it comes to fakes and forgeries.
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I trembled like a tuning fork, but my shoulder fakes absorbed the worst of the shaking.
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It is also through observation that fakes are unmasked.
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Martin put a couple of slick fakes on cornerback Larry Brown, turning and twisting him every which way.
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The jury deliberated for only two hours on Wednesday before concluding that the tape made by Bailey was a fake .
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There was a second problem, which was fakes.
II. adjective
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■ NOUN
fur
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Plus the best and most affordable selection of fake fur cushions in town - zebra, leopard, tiger among others.
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She was a vision in a pink fake fur Todd Oldham jacket.
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My first successes were in fake fur - we had one each.
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A vest of fake fur like the one she had made for Jill when she was small?
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But for the ultimate indulgence this winter, splash out on one of the new fake furs .
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Until my first New York winter rain, when the fake fur matted around my neck, wrists and knees.
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It was a tiny fluffy one, a Christmas present, slightly see-through and trimmed with fake fur .
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This year their major bow to realness has been replacing fake fur with genuine dead pelts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a fake driver's license
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a fake fur coat
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a fake police officer
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Her coat had a fake fur collar and cuffs.
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His I.D. is obviously fake .
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They were selling fake Rolex watches on the market stall.
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Whitehorn pleaded guilty to possession of equipment to make fake identification documents.
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You can buy fake Gucci bags all over the city.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Doyle said no witnesses reported seeing anyone leave the fake bombs.
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He says that the only way you can tell they're fake , is to look at the stitching on the labels.
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Just as there are fake credit cards and mix-ups over billing, there could be problems with Internet certificates.
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Proof that fake Dalís are circulating and fears of further problems could continue to undermine confidence in this market.
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Some also alter the painted registration number on the car to match the fake plates.
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The defense said the photos were fake .
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Until my first New York winter rain, when the fake fur matted around my neck, wrists and knees.
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Vintage Steve Douglas pushing the limits of the fake ollie at the Whiplash comp. 1985.
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
death
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To escape this bitter betrayal, she decides to fake her own death and disappear.
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Now Jack sees a way to escape from it all by faking his death in a house fire.
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But in spite of the way it looked Martin had faked his own death - and done it damned successfully.
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Police said she probably survived because she faked death during the ordeal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Elway faked a pass and ran with the ball.
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He faked his grandfather's signature on the check.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he kept his balance, bounced to the right, broke a tackle, faked two defenders and raced 32 yards.
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Favre had faked a handoff to Edgar Bennett, then slipped as he looked for a receiver.
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Hard to say, but Jane wasn't faking.
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Singer Fairlie Arrow was fined £10,000 for faking a two-day abduction to boost her ailing career.
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The bag had been faked out.
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The collector will know that it is faked up in the style of an earlier period.
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They can't be faked by simply changing your motion, or anything like that.