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- SHAM Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
imposture, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine
- Sham - definition of sham by The Free Dictionary
1 a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax 2 a person who pretends or counterfeits 3 a cover or the like: a pillow sham
- SHAM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ʃæm pretended; not real: a sham battle (Definition of sham from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- Sham Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
SHAM meaning: 1 : something that is not what it appears to be and that is meant to trick or deceive people; 2 : someone who deceives people by pretending to be a particular kind of person, to have a particular skill, etc
- SHAM definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Something that is a sham is not real or is not really what it seems to be The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham Many of the world's leaders have already denounced this election as a sham sham marriages Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
- sham - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Alternatively, sham is a term that is used to describe the bottom thick base of a glass, usually a wine or stem glass, where the stem meets the bulbous shape bowl Glass manufacturers would increase the "sham" to deceive customers into thinking a glass holds more than it actually does
- sham - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
sham (sham), n , adj , v , shammed, sham•ming n something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax a person who shams; shammer a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham adj pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade designed, made, or
- sham, n. ¹ adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word sham, six of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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