sham
See also: Sham
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃæm/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -æm
Etymology 1
Probably a dialectal form of shame.
Adjective
sham
- Intended to deceive; false.
- It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another, but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
- counterfeit; unreal
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 64, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, OCLC 2057953:
- For this young lady was not able to carry out any emotion to the full; but had a sham enthusiasm, a sham hatred, a sham love, a sham taste, a sham grief, each of which flared and shone very vehemently for an instant, but subsided and gave place to the next sham emotion.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett (translator), Thucydides (Oxford: Clarendon Press), VIII.64, p. 592:
- For the subject-cities, having secured a moderate form of government, and having no fear of being called to account for their proceedings, aimed at absolute freedom; they scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.
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- mock
- See also Thesaurus:fake
Antonyms
- genuine
- sincere
- real
Derived terms
- shammish
Translations
intended to deceive
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Noun
sham (countable and uncountable, plural shams)
- A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
- The time-share deal was a sham.
- Trickery, hoaxing.
- A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
- A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
- A decorative cover for a pillow.
Derived terms
- shamateur
Translations
fake, imitation
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trickery, hoaxing
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See also
- pillow sham
Verb
sham (third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)
- To deceive, cheat, lie.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
- they find themselves fool'd and shamm'd, as we say, into a Conviction.
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- To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
- We must have a care that we do not […] sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.
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- To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Translations
to cheat or deceive
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Noun
sham (uncountable)
- (slang) Champagne.
- 1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Paris Sketch Book, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], OCLC 2344307:
- So I orders a bottle, as if for myself; and, ‘Ma’am,’ says I, ‘will you take a glass of Sham—just one?’
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Further reading
- sham in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sham in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- sham at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- AMHS, HMAS, HSAM, Hams, MASH, MHAs, MSHA, Mahs, Mash, SAHM, Sahm, hams, mash
Karakalpak
Etymology
From Arabic شمع.
Noun
sham
- candle
Uzbek
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | шам (sham) |
Latin | sham |
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Etymology
From Arabic شمع.
Noun
sham (plural shamlar)
- candle
Declension
Declension of sham
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sham | shamlar |
genitive | shamning | shamlarning |
dative | shamga | shamlarga |
definite accusative | shamni | shamlarni |
locative | shamda | shamlarda |
ablative | shamdan | shamlardan |
Possessive forms of sham
my | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | shamim | shamlarim |
genitive | shamimning | shamlarimning |
dative | shamimga | shamlarimga |
definite accusative | shamimni | shamlarimni |
locative | shamimda | shamlarimda |
ablative | shamimdan | shamlarimdan |
your | singular | plural |
nominative | shaming | shamlaring |
genitive | shamingning | shamlaringning |
dative | shamingga | shamlaringga |
definite accusative | shamingni | shamlaringni |
locative | shamingda | shamlaringda |
ablative | shamingdan | shamlaringdan |
her/his/its | singular | plural |
nominative | shami | shamlari |
genitive | shamining | shamlarining |
dative | shamiga | shamlariga |
definite accusative | shamini | shamlarini |
locative | shamida | shamlarida |
ablative | shamidan | shamlaridan |
our | singular | plural |
nominative | shamimiz | shamlarimiz |
genitive | shamimizning | shamlarimizning |
dative | shamimizga | shamlarimizga |
definite accusative | shamimizni | shamlarimizni |
locative | shamimizda | shamlarimizda |
ablative | shamimizdan | shamlarimizdan |
your | singular | plural |
nominative | shamingiz | shamlaringiz |
genitive | shamingizning | shamlaringizning |
dative | shamingizga | shamlaringizga |
definite accusative | shamingizni | shamlaringizni |
locative | shamingizda | shamlaringizda |
ablative | shamingizdan | shamlaringizdan |
their | singular | plural |
nominative | shami | shamlari |
genitive | shamining | shamlarining |
dative | shamiga | shamlariga |
definite accusative | shamini | shamlarini |
locative | shamida | shamlarida |
ablative | shamidan | shamlaridan |