Mock - English meaning

adjective

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

Usage examples:

Her skin glowed in the artificial light

adjective

Made by people, often as a copy of something natural

Usage examples:

Artificial flowers, artificial grass, an artificial leg, an artificial smile, the actors were encou…

adjective

Not sincere

Usage examples:

Their cheerfulness seemed rather strained and artificial.

adjective

Not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted).

Usage examples:

A bogus insurance claim

noun

A long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria.

Usage examples:

Having eaten these we were hard pressed to ignore the shop counter as we departed.

verb

Speak or act in opposition to.

Usage examples:

The second argument is more difficult to counter

adverb

In the opposite direction or in opposition to.

Usage examples:

His writing ran counter to the dominant trends of the decade

verb

Express contempt for; ridicule.

Usage examples:

The decision was derided by environmentalists

noun

A model or replica of a human being.

Usage examples:

A waxwork dummy

verb

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent.

Usage examples:

Blanco dummied past a static defence

adjective

(of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.

Usage examples:

Ersatz coffee

adjective

Used instead of something else, usually because the other thing is too expensive or rare

Usage examples:

I'm allowed to eat ersatz chocolate made from carob beans, but it's a poor substitute for the real …

noun

An exact copy, especially of written or printed material.

Usage examples:

A facsimile of the manuscript

verb

Make a copy of.

Usage examples:

The ride was facsimiled for another theme park

noun

An exact copy, esp. of a document

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

adjective

Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.

Usage examples:

He was feeding false information to his customers

adjective

(of things) not real, but made to look real, or (of information) not true but made to seem true in order to deceive

Usage examples:

Haban used false identification to enter france., the company presented clients with documents cont…

adjective

Not true or correct

Usage examples:

It is an offense to give false information on your application form., the wanted man is known to be…

adjective

Made in imitation; artificial.

Usage examples:

A rope of faux pearls

adjective

Not real, but made to look or seem real

Usage examples:

Faux fur, a faux-brick wall

noun

The action of using someone or something as a model.

Usage examples:

A child learns to speak by imitation

noun

Something copied, or the act of copying

Usage examples:

Freya does a pretty good imitation of her science teacher., [ c ] imitation leather

idiom

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

noun

The action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are.

Usage examples:

She's living in a world of make-believe

adjective

Imitating something real.

Usage examples:

He was firing a make-believe gun at the spy planes

adjective

Produced or developed by humans rather than coming directly from nature

Usage examples:

Man-made fibers

adjective

Made by people, rather than existing naturally

Usage examples:

Man-made fibres

adjective

Produced on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

Manufactured consumer goods

verb

Make (something) on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

Firms who manufacture ball bearings

verb

Past simple and past participle of manufacture

Usage examples:

He works for a company that manufactures car parts., the report notes a rapid decline in manufactur…

noun

A three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.

Usage examples:

A model of st paul's cathedral

verb

A simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist calculations and predictions.

Usage examples:

A statistical model used for predicting the survival rates of endangered species

verb

A representation of something, often on a smaller scale

noun

A wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.

Usage examples:

The punishments for which may be confiscation of the fish, imprisonment, the pillory, and the offen…

verb

Put (someone) in a pillory.

verb

To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way

Usage examples:

Although regularly pilloried by the press as an obnoxious loudmouth, he is, nonetheless, an effecti…

noun

A synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, pvc, nylon, etc., that can be moulded into shape while soft, and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form.

Usage examples:

Mains pipes should be made of plastic or copper

adjective

Made of plastic.

Usage examples:

Plastic bottles

Synthetic material that can be molded into objects

noun

An exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale.

Usage examples:

A replica of the empire state building

noun

The action or process of copying something.

Usage examples:

The cost of colour reproduction in publication is high

noun

The act or process of producing new life

noun

A copy of something, especially a work of art or a piece of furniture

Usage examples:

The museum sells cheap reproductions of some of its key artefacts., allow plenty of time for the ph…

noun

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

Usage examples:

He is held up as an object of ridicule

verb

Subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

Usage examples:

His theory was ridiculed and dismissed

noun

Words or actions that make someone or something seem foolish or stupid

Usage examples:

He was an unhappy figure of ridicule, not a figure of fun, among his colleagues., she was ridiculed…

noun

A feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.

Usage examples:

I do not wish to become the object of scorn

verb

Feel or express contempt or disdain for.

Usage examples:

He tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself

noun

A strong feeling that someone or something is of little or no worth and deserves no respect

Usage examples:

These countries deserve our respect, not the scorn of a politician., a scornful laugh/look, he was …

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.

adjective

Manufactured in imitation of some other material.

Usage examples:

A simulated leather handbag

verb

Imitate the appearance or character of.

Usage examples:

Red ochre intended to simulate blood

adjective

Made to look like something else; artificial

Usage examples:

Simulated leather

adjective

Named or called in a particular way

Usage examples:

Married taxpayers are hit hard by the so-called marriage penalty., these so-called experts don’t kn…

adjective

Not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

Usage examples:

Separating authentic and spurious claims

adjective

(of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.

Usage examples:

Synthetic rubber

noun

A synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fibre.

Usage examples:

Twentieth century technology has opened up a treasure of textures and materials from space age synt…

adjective

Of or relating to products made from artificial substances, often copying a natural product

Usage examples:

Synthetic sweeteners, a synthetic fiber

verb

Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.

Usage examples:

I used to tease her about being so house-proud

noun

A person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly.

Usage examples:

Some think of him as a tease who likes to keep others guessing

verb

Mock or make fun of playfully

noun

An object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something.

Usage examples:

A toy car

verb

Move or handle (an object) absent-mindedly or nervously.

Usage examples:

Alan toyed with his glasses

noun

An object that children play with

Usage examples:

A stuffed toy, a toy train/soldier, a toy poodle