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# sham

noun (shams); adjective (sham); verb (sham, shams, shammed, shamming)

«sham» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A sham is something fake or pretended, made to look real. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sham/#m1)
2. As an adjective, sham means not real, copied or false: a sham fight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sham/#m2)
3. To sham is to pretend, to act as if something is true when it is not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sham/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sham/#x1)
- The toy soldiers had a sham fight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sham/#x2)
- He shammed sleep so he would not have to help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sham/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

a pretend prince or fight, made to look real; in tales, toys playing at battles and visits

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sham» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sham/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sham» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sham.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sham» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sham/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sham» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sham.html) on Mova free.