sham

«sham» in Mova's school dictionary: something fake or pretended, made to look real — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

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.