Definitions
1.VerbTo speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"You don't have to pretend that the soup tastes fine.; You don't have to pretend to like the soup.; If you don't like it, say so. You don't have to pretend.; To get into the club, he pretended to be over 18.; She moved her fingers across the desk, pretending to play the piano.; She didn't have a real piano to play, so she just pretended.; She's pretending illness to get out of the business meeting.; He pretended an air of indifference that he'd never assumed before."
2.VerbTo engage in make-believe."She moved her fingers across the desk, pretending to play the piano.; She didn't have a real piano to play, so she just pretended."
3.VerbTo feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.)."She's pretending illness to get out of the business meeting.; He pretended an air of indifference that he'd never assumed before."
4.VerbTo lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.)."The family's exile was intended to stop them pretending to the throne."
5.VerbTo hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
6.VerbTo intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
7.VerbTo hold before one; to extend.
8.AdjectiveNot really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned."As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend."
9.NounThe act of engaging in pretend play."We used to dress up in our grandparents' old clothes and play pretend."