false /föls/

1. Wrong
2. Erroneous
3. Deceptive or deceiving
4. Untruthful
5. Unfaithful (old)
6. Untrue
7. Not genuine or real, counterfeit
8. Improperly so called
9. (of teeth, etc) artificial, as opposed to natural
10. Out of tune

1. Incorrectly
2. Untruly
3. Dishonestly
4. Faithlessly

1. Falsehood
2. Untruth

1. To deceive, be false to
2. To feign
3. To falsify

falseˈhood noun

1. The state or quality of being false
2. Lack of truth
3. Deceitfulness (obsolete)
4. False appearance (obsolete)
5. An untrue statement
6. The act of lying
7. A lie

falseˈly adverb

falseˈness noun

falsˈer noun

1. A falsifier, counterfeiter (obsolete)
2. A deceiver, a liar (Spenser)

falˈsies noun (informal)

Pads of rubber or other material inserted into a brassière to enlarge or improve the shape of the breasts

falsˈish adjective

Somewhat false

falsˈism noun

A self-evident falsity

falsˈity noun

1. The quality of being false
2. A false assertion

false acacia noun

One of the shrubs and trees of the N American genus Robinia, to which the locust tree also belongs

false alarm noun

A warning of danger which turns out to have been unnecessary

false-beddˈed adjective

false bedding noun (geology)

Irregular lamination running obliquely to the general stratification, due to deposition in banks by varying currents

false bottom noun

(eg in a suitcase) a partition cutting off and hiding a space between it and the true bottom

false card noun

A card played to deceive

false-cardˈ intransitive verb

false conception noun

A uterine growth consisting of non-fetal material

false dawn noun

A deceptive appearance simulating dawn (also figurative)

false face noun

A mask

falseˈ-faced adjective (Shakespeare)

Hypocritical

false friend noun

A term in a foreign language that does not mean what it appears to, eg in Italian, pretendere does not mean ‘to pretend’

false fruit noun

A pseudocarp

false gallop noun (archaic)

A canter

falseˈ-heartˈed adjective

Treacherous or deceitful

false hem noun

A strip of fabric added to the bottom of a garment, etc in order to deepen the hem

false imprisonment noun

Illegal detention by force or influence

false leg noun

The abdominal leg of an insect larva, a proleg

false memory syndrome noun

A condition of erroneous memory sometimes attributed to adults who recall childhood experiences, esp of sexual abuse, under hypnosis or other medical inducement (abbrev FMS)

false move noun

An ill-judged or careless act

false pregnancy noun

A psychological disorder in which many of the symptoms of pregnancy are simulated, pseudocyesis (see under pseud-)

false pretences plural noun

Deception

false quantity noun

Pronunciation or use of a long vowel as short or short as long

false relation noun (music)

Occurrence in different parts together or in succession of a tone and a chromatic derivative

false rib noun

One that does not reach the breastbone

false shame noun

Shame felt for something which is not shameful

false start noun

1. A start to a race that is declared invalid, esp because a competitor has started before the official signal (sport)
2. An unsuccessful attempt to begin an activity

false step noun

1. A stumble
2. A false move

false teeth noun

Artificial teeth, dentures

false topaz noun

Citrine (qv under citron)

false vampire noun

Any of various bats wrongly supposed to be blood-suckers

falseˈwork noun

A temporary framework used to support a building, etc during construction

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