false
/fɔls/ verb C2- To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.
- To begin a race before being instructed to do so; to do a false start.
He/she/it falses · Past falsed · Past participle falsed · -ing form falsing
Verb forms
- Base form
- false
- He/she/it
- falses
- Past
- falsed
- Past participle
- falsed
- -ing form
- falsing
From the library
Now this could only be done by having a false key—”
“Several false keys.
“He had, then, several false keys.
A false tale often betrays itself.
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