Meaning

3 senses

  1. To deceive, cheat, lie.

    He shammed a migraine to avoid the exam.

    sich verstellen

    моше́нничатьmošénničatʹ, жу́льничатьžúlʹničatʹ, притворя́тьсяpritvorjátʹsja

    make believe with the intent to deceive

  2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.

  3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. This isn't a sham.

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  2. It's a complete sham.

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  3. This might all be a sham.

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  4. This might be all a sham.

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  5. This sham election is a disgrace to democracy.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to cheat or deceive:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cheat or deceive:

Origin

Probably a dialectal form of shame.

Probably a dialectal form of shame.

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Forms

shams, shamming, shammed, shammed
Base formsham · to sham
3rd person singularshams
Present participleshamming
Past simpleshammed
Past participleshammed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysham
he, she, itshams

Past simpleLesson

all personsshammed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shammed
he, she, ithas shammed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sham

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedshammer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shallotshallowB1shamanshamblesC1shameB1
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