Word Meanings - FALSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not in tune. False arch , a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. -- False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. -- False bearing,

Additional info about word: FALSE

Not in tune. False arch , a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. -- False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. -- False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing. -- False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence. -- False conception , an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. -- False croup , a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. -- False door or window , the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry. -- False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction. -- False galena. See Blende. -- False imprisonment , the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody. -- False keel , the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. -- False key, a picklock. -- False leg. See Proleg. -- False membrane , the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane. -- False papers , documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, ect., for the purpose of deceiving. -- False passage , an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments. -- False personation , the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another. -- False pretenses , false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another. -- False rail , a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it. -- False relation , a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp. -- False return , an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. -- False ribs , the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man. -- False roof , the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. Oxford Gloss. -- False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. -- False scorpion , any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion. -- False tack , a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack. -- False vampire , the Vampyrus spectrum of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and ghost vampire. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire. -- False window. See False door, above. -- False wing. See Alula, and Bastard wing, under Bastard. -- False works , construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc. (more info) of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals 1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness. 2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises. I to myself was false, ere thou to me. Milton. 3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement. 4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. Shak. 5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. Whose false foundation waves have swept away. Spenser. 6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FALSE)

• Amiss
• Wrong
• untrue
• wide
• bad
• false
• defective
• short
• inappropriate
• inopportune
• injudicious
• untimely
• abortive
• Fabulous
• Fictitious
• incredible
• feigned
• imaginary
• pretended
• monstrous
• Groundless
• Vain
• supposititious
• unfounded
• baseless
• fanciful
• gratuitous
• chimerical
• Hollow \adj
• (Metaphor)
• Empty
• concave
• foolish
• weak
• faithless
• insincere
• artificial
• unsubstantial
• void
• flimsy
• transparent
• senseless
• vacant
• unsound
• Illusive
• Deceptive
• vision try
• unreal
• disappointing
• fugitive
• erroneous
• delusive
• illusory

Related words: (words related to FALSE)

• HOLLOW-HEARTED
  Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
• FUGITIVELY
  In a fugitive manner.
• CONCAVED
  Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.
• INCREDIBLENESS
  Incredibility.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• FALSENESS
  The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his
• VISIONARY
  1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson. 2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given
• CONCAVE
  1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky. 2. Hollow; void
• SHORT-WITED
  Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
• INOPPORTUNELY
  Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.
• FALSE-FACED
  Hypocritical. Shak.
• WRONGOUS
  Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.
• VACANTLY
  In a vacant manner; inanely.
• FAITHLESS
  1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27. 2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak. 3. Not observant of promises or covenants. 4. Not true
• WRONG
  1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. 2. To impute evil to unjustly;
• SHORT CIRCUIT
  A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
• PRETENDER
  The pretender , the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law. It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are the confident
• ILLUSIVENESS
  The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.
• CHIMERICAL
  Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects. Syn. -- Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful; delusive.
• AMISSIBILITY
  The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost. Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. Hallam.
• IMAGINARY
  Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures Addison. Imaginary calculus See under Calculus. -- Imaginary expression or quantity
• MISDIVISION
  Wrong division.
• DIVISIONARY
  Divisional.
• ABORTIVE
  Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc. Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines. Parr. Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever. (more info) 1. Produced by abortion; born
• DIVISIONALLY
  So as to be divisional.