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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sham /ʃæm/USA pronunciation n., adj., v., shammed, sham•ming. n. [countable] - a person or thing pretending to be someone or something else;
fraud:Her illness was a sham to gain sympathy. - a cover or the like:a pillow sham.
adj. [before a noun] - pretended;
false;
counterfeit:sham attacks.
v. - to make a false show of (something);
pretend: [~ + object]to sham being drunk.[no object]He's only shamming.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sham (sham),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., shammed, sham•ming. n. - something that is not what it purports to be;
a spurious imitation;
fraud or hoax. - a person who shams;
shammer. - a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance:a pillow sham.
adj. - pretended;
counterfeit;
feigned:sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade. - designed, made, or used as a sham.
v.t. - to produce an imitation of.
- to assume the appearance of;
pretend to have:to sham illness.
v.i. - to make a false show of something;
pretend.
- origin, originally uncertain 1670–80
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pretense.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spurious, make-believe, simulated, mock. See false.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged imitate.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged feign, fake.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged genuine.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sham /ʃæm/ n - anything that is not what it purports or appears to be
- something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine
- a person who pretends to be something other than he is
adj - counterfeit or false; simulated
vb (shams, shamming, shammed)- to falsely assume the appearance of (something); counterfeit: to sham illness
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps a Northern English dialect variant of shame |