FAKE

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Fake? is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in 2001 by Ken Lloyd and Inoran. Their music has been described as alternative mixed with electronic sounds. Their sound has also been called "Mixture Rock" as well as an "alternative punk rock mix." Lyrics are mainly in English and sometimes in Japanese.

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Fake

Fake is a seven-volume Boys' Love manga by Sanami Matoh. The story focuses in a romance between Randy "Ryo" Maclean and Dee Laytner, two New York City detectives from the fictitious 27th precinct. An anime version of the fifth act from the second manga is also available, in the form of an OVA.

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fake

Noun

  1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
  2. A trick; a swindle.
  3. Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Verb

  1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
  2. To make; to construct; to do.
  3. To modify 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.
  4. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
  5. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. 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.

Adjective

  1. Not real; false, fraudulent.
    Which fur coat looks fake?


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