Charade - English meaning

verb

Take action; do something.

Usage examples:

They urged washington to act

noun

A thing done; a deed.

Usage examples:

A criminal act

abbreviation

Advance corporation tax.

noun

The principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

Usage examples:

The house has a half-timbered facade

noun

The front of a building

Usage examples:

The façade is made of limestone., behind her façade of gentleness was a tough competitor.

noun

The front of a building, especially a large or attractive building

Usage examples:

The gallery's elegant 18th-century façade

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Usage examples:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Usage examples:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

noun

A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.

Usage examples:

He toured the backwoods in second-rate farces

noun

A humorous play in which the characters become involved in unlikely situations, or the humor in this type of play

Usage examples:

The meeting turned out to be a farce since no one had prepared anything.

noun

A humorous play or film where the characters become involved in unlikely situations

noun

The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.

Usage examples:

A page at the front of the book had been torn out

adjective

Of or at the front.

Usage examples:

The front cover of the magazine

verb

(of a building or piece of land) have the front facing or directed towards.

Usage examples:

The flats which fronted crow road

noun

A false show or pretence.

Usage examples:

I doubt he could have kept up the masquerade for long

verb

Pretend to be someone one is not.

Usage examples:

A journalist masquerading as a man in distress

noun

A party or dance in which people wear masks (= coverings for the face)

Usage examples:

There were dozens of masquerade balls, parades, street dances, and fancy dress parties., i’m afraid…

noun

Teasing and contemptuous language or behaviour directed at a particular person or thing.

Usage examples:

Stung by her mockery, frankie hung his head

noun

Unkind, critical remarks or actions, or something so foolish that it can be easily criticized

Usage examples:

The renewed fighting made a mockery of the peace agreement (= made it look ridiculous).

noun

A theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around christmas.

Usage examples:

A pantomime villain

verb

Express or represent by exaggerated mime.

Usage examples:

They pantomimed picking up dropped food

noun

The art or act of expressing thoughts and emotions with movement rather than speech; mime

noun

An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

Usage examples:

The film is a parody of the horror genre

verb

Produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).

Usage examples:

His speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction

noun

A piece of writing or music that copies the style of a serious piece in a way that is intentionally humorous

Usage examples:

[ c ] brando did a parody of the character he played in "the godfather.", downey started the show b…

noun

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

Usage examples:

His anger is masked by a pretence that all is well

noun

A way of behaving that is intended to deceive people

Usage examples:

She made absolutely no pretence of being interested., they kept up (= continued) a pretence of norm…

noun

A thing that is not what it is purported to be.

Usage examples:

Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

Usage examples:

A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb

Short for pillow sham.

verb

Allow or cause (something) to be visible.

Usage examples:

A white blouse will show the blood

noun

A spectacle or display, typically an impressive one.

Usage examples:

Spectacular shows of bluebells

verb

Make visible or noticeable

noun

An image or representation of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A small-scale simulacrum of a skyscraper

noun

Something that looks like or represents something else

noun

A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

Usage examples:

The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice

verb

Represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way.

Usage examples:

Michael has betrayed the family by travestying them in his plays

noun

Something that completely fails to do what it is intended or expected to do, and therefore seems ridiculous

Usage examples:

The police chief called the judge’s ruling a travesty of justice.