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| act |
to pretend to be. [1/9 definitions] |
| affect2 |
to imitate or pretend to have. |
| assume |
to put on in a false way; pretend. [1/3 definitions] |
| fake |
to pretend. [1/5 definitions] |
| feign |
to pretend or fake; put on a false show of. |
| fool |
to pretend; tease. [1/6 definitions] |
| impersonate |
to copy the appearance and actions of; pretend to be. |
| joust |
a real or pretend fight between two knights on horseback. Each knight tries to knock the other off his horse with a lance. [1/2 definitions] |
| make-believe |
When something is make-believe, it is not real. It is a pretend thing or an imaginary thing. [1/2 definitions] |
| make believe |
to pretend or imagine. |
| merry-go-round |
A merry-go-round is something to ride on for fun. It's often in a park or at a fair. A merry-go-round has a round platform that a machine turns around and around. The platform has things for people to sit on that look like horses or other animals or things. The animal figures usually move up and down on a pole, and children can pretend to ride them. [1/2 definitions] |
| modesty |
If you have modesty, you don't brag about how great you are or pretend to be anything special. You don't see yourself as a star or better than other people. [1/2 definitions] |
| play possum |
to pretend to be asleep or dead; keep very still to avoid being noticed. Opossums do this so predators will ignore them. |
| pose1 |
to pretend to be what one is not. [1/5 definitions] |
| pretend |
When you pretend to be sleeping, you are not sleeping but you act as if you are, and you want someone to believe you are. [3 definitions] |
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