Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fake \Fake\, v. t. [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 \Fake\, n.
   A trick; a swindle. [Slang]

Fake \Fake\, n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS.
   f[ae]c space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row,
   and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.)
   One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it
   lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake \Fake\, v. t. (Naut.)
   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.

Source : WordNet®

fake
     adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: {bogus}, {phony},
             {phoney}, {bastard}]
     2: 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" [syn: {false}, {faux}, {imitation}, {simulated}]

fake
     n 1: something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
          [syn: {sham}, {postiche}]
     2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor},
         {pretender}, {faker}, {fraud}, {sham}, {shammer}, {pseudo},
         {pseud}, {role player}]
     3: (football) a deceptive move made by a football player [syn:
        {juke}]

fake
     v 1: make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the
          signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She
          forged a Green Card" [syn: {forge}, {counterfeit}]
     2: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books";
        "falsify the data" [syn: {fudge}, {manipulate}, {falsify},
         {cook}, {wangle}, {misrepresent}]
     3: talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well
        prepared for the debate and faked it" [syn: {bullshit}, {bull}]