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sham
(shăm)n.1.a. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine: 'Because she had been so readily unfaithful, her marriage was a sham'(Alice Munro).
b. Deceitfulness or pretense: 'She saw herself as a person surrounded by, living by, sham'(Alice Munro).
c. One who claims to be what he or she is not; an impostor or fraud: 'He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!'(Joseph Conrad).
adj.
v.shammed, sham·ming, shams
v.tr. To put on the false appearance of; feign: 'shamming insanity to get his tormentors to leave him alone'(John Wain).
v.intr. To assume a false appearance or character; dissemble.
sham′mer n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
sham
(ʃæm) n1. anything that is not what it purports or appears to be
2. something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine
3. a person who pretends to be something other than he is
adj
vb, shams, shammingorshammedto falsely assume the appearance of (something); counterfeit: to sham illness.
[C17: perhaps a Northern English dialect variant of shame]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
sham
(ʃæm)
n., adj., v. shammed, sham•ming.n. 2. a person who pretends or counterfeits.
adj. 4. pretended; counterfeit: sham attacks.
v.t. 6. to produce an imitation of.
v.i. 8. to make a false show of something.
sham′mer,n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
sham
Past participle: shammedGerund: shamming
| Imperative |
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| sham |
| sham |
| Present |
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| I sham |
| you sham |
| he/she/it shams |
| we sham |
| you sham |
| they sham |
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| Preterite |
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| I shammed |
| you shammed |
| he/she/it shammed |
| we shammed |
| you shammed |
| they shammed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am shamming |
| you are shamming |
| he/she/it is shamming |
| we are shamming |
| you are shamming |
| they are shamming |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have shammed |
| you have shammed |
| he/she/it has shammed |
| we have shammed |
| you have shammed |
| they have shammed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was shamming |
| you were shamming |
| he/she/it was shamming |
| we were shamming |
| you were shamming |
| they were shamming |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had shammed |
| you had shammed |
| he/she/it had shammed |
| we had shammed |
| you had shammed |
| they had shammed |
| Future |
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| I will sham |
| you will sham |
| he/she/it will sham |
| we will sham |
| you will sham |
| they will sham |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have shammed |
| you will have shammed |
| he/she/it will have shammed |
| we will have shammed |
| you will have shammed |
| they will have shammed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be shamming |
| you will be shamming |
| he/she/it will be shamming |
| we will be shamming |
| you will be shamming |
| they will be shamming |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been shamming |
| you have been shamming |
| he/she/it has been shamming |
| we have been shamming |
| you have been shamming |
| they have been shamming |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been shamming |
| you will have been shamming |
| he/she/it will have been shamming |
| we will have been shamming |
| you will have been shamming |
| they will have been shamming |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been shamming |
| you had been shamming |
| he/she/it had been shamming |
| we had been shamming |
| you had been shamming |
| they had been shamming |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would sham |
| you would sham |
| he/she/it would sham |
| we would sham |
| you would sham |
| they would sham |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have shammed |
| you would have shammed |
| he/she/it would have shammed |
| we would have shammed |
| you would have shammed |
| they would have shammed |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
| Noun | 1. | sham - something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be fake, postiche fake book - a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly imitation - something copied or derived from an original Potemkin village - something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance |
| 2. | sham - a person who makes deceitful pretenses faker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses | |
| Verb | 1. | sham - make a pretence of; 'She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger'; 'he feigned sleep' pretend, dissemble, act - behave unnaturally or affectedly; 'She's just acting' play - pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; 'Let's play like I am mommy'; 'Play cowboy and Indians' feint - deceive by a mock action; 'The midfielder feinted to shoot' |
| 2. | sham - make believe with the intent to deceive; 'He feigned that he was ill'; 'He shammed a headache' misrepresent, belie - represent falsely; 'This statement misrepresents my intentions' make believe, pretend, make - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; 'She makes like an actress' take a dive - pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer talk through one's hat, bull, fake - speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; 'The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it' mouth - articulate silently; form words with the lips only; 'She mouthed a swear word' | |
| Adj. | 1. | sham - adopted in order to deceive; 'an assumed name'; 'an assumed cheerfulness'; 'a fictitious address'; 'fictive sympathy'; 'a pretended interest'; 'a put-on childish voice'; 'sham modesty' assumed, fictive, pretended, put on, fictitious, false counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; 'counterfeit emotion'; 'counterfeit money'; 'counterfeit works of art'; 'a counterfeit prince' |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
sham
noun1.fraud, imitation, hoax, pretence, forgery, counterfeit, pretender, humbug, impostor, feint, pseud(informal), wolf in sheep's clothing, imposture, phoney or phony(informal)Their promises were exposed as a hollow sham.
fraudoriginal, the real thing, the genuine article, the real McCoy (or McKay)
adjectivefraudoriginal, the real thing, the genuine article, the real McCoy (or McKay)
1.false, artificial, bogus, pretended, mock, synthetic, imitation, simulated, pseudo(informal), counterfeit, feigned, spurious, ersatz, pseud(informal), phoney or phony(informal)a sham marriage
falsereal, genuine, authentic, sound, true, natural, legitimate, veritable, bona fide, dinkum(Austral & N.Z. informal), unfeigned
falsereal, genuine, authentic, sound, true, natural, legitimate, veritable, bona fide, dinkum(Austral & N.Z. informal), unfeigned
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
sham
noun1. A fraudulent imitation:
2. A false, derisive, or impudent imitation of something:burlesque, caricature, farce, mock, mockery, parody, travesty.
3. A display of insincere behavior:act, acting, disguise, dissemblance, masquerade, pretense, show, simulation.
adjectiveFraudulently or deceptively imitative:bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fraudulent, phony, spurious, suppositious, supposititious.
verb1. Shams Twitter Page
To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of:act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, put on, simulate.
2. To take on or give a false appearance of:affect, assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, put on, simulate.
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
رياء، تَصَنُّع، تَمْويهزائِف، مُقَلَّديَتَظاهَر، يَدَّعي
foregivehumbuglade som om
apsimetinėti
sham
[ʃæm]B.N1. (= imposture) → farsaf
it was all a sham → fue una farsa, fue purapantalla (Mex)
it was all a sham → fue una farsa, fue purapantalla (Mex)
C.VT → fingir, simular
to sham illness → fingirse enfermo
to sham illness → fingirse enfermo
D.VI → fingir, fingirse
he's just shamming → lo está fingiendo
he's just shamming → lo está fingiendo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sham
[ˈʃæm]n (= thing that is not genuine) → simulacrem
Their independence is a sham → Leur autonomie n'est qu'un simulacre.
They have denounced this election as a sham → Ils ont qualifié ces élections de simulacre.
Their independence is a sham → Leur autonomie n'est qu'un simulacre.
They have denounced this election as a sham → Ils ont qualifié ces élections de simulacre.
adj [illness] → feint(e), simulé(e); [love, friendship] → faux(fausse)
sham marriage → simulacrem de mariage
sham marriage → simulacrem de mariage
vi → faire semblant
He's shamming → Il faitsemblant.
He's shamming → Il faitsemblant.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sham
n(= pretence) → Heucheleif; he’s not really sorry, it’s all a big sham → es tut ihm nichtwirklichleid, er heuchelt nur or das ist geheuchelt; their marriage had become a sham → ihre Ehe war zurFarcegewordenorbestand nur noch zumSchein; his life seemed a sham → sein Lebenerschien ihm als Lug und Trug; this diamond is a sham → dieser Diamant ist nichtecht
(= person) → Scharlatanm; you don’t really feel anything, you big sham! → du empfindestüberhaupt nichts, du Heuchler!
adj diamonds, oak etc → unecht, imitiert; politeness etc → vorgetäuscht, geheuchelt; person → betrügerisch; a sham marriage → eine Scheinehe; a sham deal → ein Scheingeschäftnt; a sham battle → ein Scheingefechtnt
vt → vortäuschen, vorgeben; illness also → simulieren; emotions, sympathy → heucheln
vi → so tun; (esp with illness) → simulieren; (with feelings) → heucheln; he’s just shamming → er tut nur so
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sham
[ʃæm]Shams Tahir Twitter
1.adj (piety) → falso/a; (politeness) → finto/a; (elections) → fasullo/a; (battle, illness) → simulato/a
2.nb. (person) → ciarlatano/a, impostorem
3.vt → fingere, simulare
to sham illness → fingersimalato/a
to sham illness → fingersimalato/a
4.vi → fingere, far finta
he's just shamming → fa solo finta
he's just shamming → fa solo finta
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sham
(ʃӕm) noun something that is pretended, not genuine. The whole trial was a sham. skyn رياء، تَصَنُّع، تَمْويه преструвка farsa podvod die Täuschung humbug απάτη, ψέμαfarsa, simulacro pettus ساختگي sumutus imposture; imitationמזויף कपट, ढोंग varka, prijevara csalás kepura-puraan uppgerð, látalæti finzione 見せかけ 허위, 위선 apgaulė izlikšanās; viltojums; blēdība kepura-puraan veinzerijjuks, spill, bedragerilipa شرم، پښيماني، سپكوالى، خجالت، پيكه توب farsa impostură; imitaţie притворство; подделка podvod prevara prevara humbug, bluff การปลอมแปลง taklit, göz boyama 騙局，虛假 удавання; прикидання دکھاوا sự giả bộ 哄骗，伪装
adjective pretended, artificial or false. a sham fight; Are those diamonds real or sham? nagemaak زائِف، مُقَلَّد престорен falso předstíraný; falešný vorgetäuscht, unecht skin- ψεύτικος, στημένος falso, simulado, fingido teeseldud, võlts- بدلي jäljennös fauxמזויף कृत्रिम lažan, patvoren hamis pura-pura fölsun, eftirlíking falso 見せかけの 허위의, 가짜의 dirbtinis, padirbtas mācību-; mākslīgs; neīsts; viltots palsu schijn-jukse-, liksom- lipny پښيماني falso fals поддельный, фальшивый predstieraný; falošný hlinjen, ponarejen, umeten lažni låtsad, oäkta, falsk ปลอม taklit, sahte 虛偽的，造假的 фальшивий; підроблений تماشا، جھوٹ giả vờ, giả bộ 虚假的，假装的
verbShams Nba Twitter
– past tense, past participle shammed – to pretend (to be in some state). He shammed sleep/anger; He shammed dead; I think she's only shamming. veins يَتَظاهَر، يَدَّعي преструвам се fingir předstírat vortäuschen foregive; lade som om προσποιούμαι, καμώνομαι fingir, simular teesklema ظاهرسازي كردن tekeytyä faire semblant לְהַעֲמִיד פָּנִים दिखावा करना, ढोंग करना hiniti, pretvarati se tettet, színlel berpura-pura látast fingere, fare finta ～のふりをする 가장하다 apsimesti, apsimetinėti simulēt; izlikties berpura-pura veinzenspille, late somudawać شرمول، سپكول، رسواكول fingir a se preface (că) притворяться, симулировать predstierať hliniti pretvarati se simulera, låtsas เสแสร้ง yalandan ...-mak 假裝 прикидатися, удавати سوانگ بھرنا giả mạo 假装
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Shams (Arabic: شمس; pronounced [ʃams]) is an Arabic word meaning 'Sun'. It may also refer to:
Media[edit]
- Shams (newspaper), a defunct Saudi newspaper
- Al-Shams (newspaper), Libyan government newspaper till 2011
- Network for Public Policy Studies, an Iranian website
People[edit]
- Shams (singer), a Saudi-Kuwaiti singer
- Shams al-Din, a masculine given name
- Shams Badran, Egyptian military officer
- Shams al-Baroudi, Egyptian actress
- Shams Charania, NBA reporter for The Athletic
- Shams Langeroodi, contemporary Iranian poet
- Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, an alternate name for Iltutmish, the third Muslim Turkic sultan of the Sultanate of Delhi
- Shams Pahlavi, elder sister of Shah of Iran, the last king of the Iranian monarchy
- Shams Tabrizi, an Iranian Sufi mystic
- Ibrahim Shams, Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
- Shams, a medical doctor who voluntarily traveled to Daesh territory (see Brides of Daesh)
Places[edit]
- Ain Shams, neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt
- Jebel Shams, a mountain in Oman
- Majdal Shams, a village in the Golan Heights
- Shams-e Bijar, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
- Shams Abu Dhabi, a real estate development on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Shams Solar Power Station, a planned concentrating solar power station in the United Arab Emirates
Other uses[edit]
- Ain Shams University, a university located in Cairo, Egypt
- Ash-Shams, the 91st surah of the Quran
- Shams (goddess), a solar deity in the ancient South Arabian religion
- Shams, a kind of decorative pillow
- The Shams, an all-female folk pop trio from New York
- Association Shams, a Tunisian organization for LGBT rights
See also[edit]
- Shamss Ensemble, music group performing Iranian and Sufi music
- Shamash, the solar deity in ancient Semitic religion
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