Definitions for pretend

(the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend")

(make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache")

(behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting")

(put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King")

(put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong")

(represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress")

(state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine")

(imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish")