Pretend

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Pretend

Pretend : பாவனை செய், பாசாங்கு செய்தல்

Pretend : பாவனை செய்

Pretend definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
  2. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
  3. To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.
  4. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
  5. To hold before one; to extend.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.
  2. To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep.