sham
part of speech
noun (shams); adjective (sham); verb (sham, shams, shammed, shamming)
meaning for a pupil
1) A sham is something fake or pretended, made to look real. tree →
2) As an adjective, sham means not real, copied or false: a sham fight. tree →
3) To sham is to pretend, to act as if something is true when it is not. tree →
sense in the lessons
a pretend prince or fight, made to look real; in tales, toys playing at battles and visits
examples
- The prince was a sham, only a tailor in fine clothes. tree →
- The toy soldiers had a sham fight. tree →
- He shammed sleep so he would not have to help. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sham» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.