pretend (Verb) — Make believe with the intent to deceive. ex. "He pretended that he was ill"
pretend (Verb) — Behave unnaturally or affectedly. ex. "She's just pretending"
pretend (Verb) — Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of. ex. "pretend the title of King"
pretend (Verb) — Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation. ex. "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
pretend (Verb) — Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like. ex. "She pretends like an actress"
pretend (Verb) — State insincerely. ex. "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"
pretend (Adjective) — Imagined as in a play. ex. "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
pretend (Noun) — The enactment of a pretence. ex. "it was just pretend"