False
Meanings and phrases
false
- not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- arising from error; mistaken
- adopted in order to deceive; assumed; fictitious; fictive; pretended; put on; sham
- inappropriate to reality or facts; delusive
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; fake; faux; imitation; simulated
- erroneous and usually accidental
- deliberately deceptive
- designed to deceive
- inaccurate in pitch; off-key; sour
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; untrue
false
- in a disloyal and faithless manner; faithlessly; traitorously; treacherously; treasonably
n.
- a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk; found under conifers in California; Gyromitra californica
n.
- criminal offense of making false statements under oath; perjury; lying under oath
n.
- wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers; Baptisia australis
n.
- a warning that is given about something that fails to occur
- 38 minutes later, it was deemed a false alarm.
- Carmel thinks she is pregnant, but it turns out to be a false alarm.
- The fines would increase after with the fourth false alarm in a twelve-month period.
n.
- plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho; fringe cups; Tellima grandiflora
n.
- a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
n.
- straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers; fool's huckleberry; Menziesia ferruginea
n.
- Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America; wild madder; white madder; white bedstraw; infant's-breath; Galium mollugo
false beachdrops
- fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys; pinesap; Monotropa hypopithys
n.
- twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds; bittersweet; American bittersweet; climbing bittersweet; staff vine; waxwork; shrubby bittersweet; Celastrus scandens
n.
- a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom)
n.
- deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico; chittamwood; chittimwood; shittimwood; black haw; Bumelia lanuginosa
n.
- tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers; Trautvetteria carolinensis
n.
- a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus; epicalyx; calycle; calyculus
n.
- any of various autumn-flowering perennials having white or pink to purple flowers that resemble asters; wild in moist soils from New Jersey to Florida and Texas
false deathcap
- agaric often confused with the death cup; Amanita mappa
n.
- evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans; China tree; jaboncillo; chinaberry; Sapindus saponaria
n.
- North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers; false dragonhead; obedient plant; Physostegia virginiana
n.
- North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers; false dragon head; obedient plant; Physostegia virginiana
n.
- sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia; Aureolaria virginica; Gerardia virginica
- multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia; Aureolaria pedicularia; Gerardia pedicularia
n.
- a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part; pome
n.
- pungent Old World wild onion; crow garlic; field garlic; stag's garlic; wild garlic; Allium vineale
n.
- crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial; Tomistoma schlegeli
n.
- the opening between the false vocal folds; rima vestibuli; rima respiratoria; glottis spuria
n.
- any of several North American perennial herbs with hairy foliage and small yellowish or greenish flowers
n.
- a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment; hairpiece; postiche
n.
- North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers; golden heather; Hudsonia ericoides
n.
- (law) confinement without legal authority
- Mitchell Moua; the gang member, was wanted for aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and federal weapons charges.
- Frey also alleged the police constable attacked him, although in court Frey mainly fought his arrest as false imprisonment.
- Hespelt was charged with four felonies including assault, vandalism, maliciously throwing a substance at a vehicle and false imprisonment.
n.
- dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers; bastard indigo; Amorpha fruticosa
- an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers; bastard indigo; Amorpha californica
- any of several plants of the genus Baptisia; wild indigo
n.
- painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency; Braxton-Hicks contraction
n.
- small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan; Maianthemum bifolium
- small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers; Maianthemum canadense
n.
- western United States bushy herb having yellow pea-like flowers; golden pea; yellow pea; Thermopsis macrophylla
n.
- an American plant of the genus Malvastrum
- genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits; globe mallow
n.
- any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons; downy mildew
n.
- plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana; false mitrewort; Tiarella unifoliata
- stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant; foamflower; coolwart; false mitrewort; Tiarella cordifolia
n.
- plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana; false miterwort; Tiarella unifoliata
- stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant; foamflower; coolwart; false miterwort; Tiarella cordifolia
n.
- a name that has been assumed temporarily; alias; assumed name
- He had enlisted under the false name of Williams.
- Kaltenbrunner claimed to be a doctor and offered a false name.
- Billy borrowed money from Vic on behalf of Jake, using a false name.
n.
- any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs; bog hemp
n.
- coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage; tall oat grass; tall meadow grass; evergreen grass; French rye; Arrhenatherum elatius
n.
- physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant; pseudocyesis
n.
- (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation; false pretense
n.
- (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation; false pretence
n.
- tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever; burweed marsh elder; Iva xanthifolia
n.
- slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue; false rue anemone; Isopyrum biternatum
n.
- slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue; false rue; Isopyrum biternatum
n.
- North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
n.
- thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil; safflower; Carthamus tinctorius
n.
- common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America; wild sarsaparilla; wild sarsparilla; Aralia nudicaulis
n.
- any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles; earthball; puffball; hard-skinned puffball
- any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle
n.
- any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects; false vampire bat
n.
- any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects; false vampire
n.
- either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization; false vocal fold; superior vocal cord; ventricular fold; vestibular fold
n.
- either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization; false vocal cord; superior vocal cord; ventricular fold; vestibular fold
n.
- evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers; Pyrola americana; Pyrola rotundifolia americana
v.
- conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; bamboozle; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes; lead by the nose
n.
- false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum; prairie mallow; Sphaeralcea coccinea; Malvastrum coccineum
n.
- a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even; Gyromitra infula
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- ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricaria; scentless camomile; scentless mayweed; scentless hayweed; corn mayweed; Tripleurospermum inodorum; Matricaria inodorum
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- annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior; wild chamomile; German chamomile; Matricaria recutita; Matricaria chamomilla
n.
- erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States; Baptisia lactea
E.g.
- All around us we can see the damage done by false information."
- "She published false information about what was happening in the district," he claims.
- In July 2011 Kifle was ordered to pay £175,000 in damages for publishing false information.
E.g.
- Sheriff Frank Cassell was convicted of making false statements to agents of the FBI.
- In 2005, Patterson was convicted of making false statements to the FBI about an unrelated incident.
- She requested and received a written apology from Senator Jon Kyl for his false statements about her.
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- Hoover supported using false claims to attack his political enemies.
- The text referenced other false claims made by Urechia, questioning his competence.
- In March 2007, an additional fine of over $190 million was levied for 18,000 false claims.
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- They accused her of making false allegations against it.
- Sheriff Frank Cassell was convicted of making false statements to agents of the FBI.
- It is known that during the 5th century BC, the Phoenicians were making false teeth.
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- He later testified at other "false positive" trials.
- A 2018 study claims a total of 10,000 "false positive" victims between 2002 and 2010.
- Chromatographic methods specific for amphetamine are employed to prevent false positive results.
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- However, Bloom filters suffer from false positives.
- Such documents are called "false positives" (see Type I error).
- However, it might lead to large number of false positives as well.
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- After a false start towards the Red Sea, they sailed to the Strait of Malacca.
- There was one false start when Ross Comm tried to bite the tape as it went to rise.
- Crompton hit Jones on a 14-yarder before Tennessee was pushed back by a false start.
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- There were false accusations and attacks against suspicious people.
- However, Lee denied the claims and countersued her for false accusations.
- Jacobs argued that the Party repeated Segal's "false accusations," and that she had "never been a lobbyist."
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- There are two options: it is either true or false.
- Not every conjecture ends up being proven true or false.
- Then, the team decided if the statement was true or false.
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- After many false starts, the scheme was begun in 1901 by the London County Council.
- In 1964 she finished fifth in the relay and was disqualified in the 200 m heats for false starts.
- Among his recommendations for the sport is a new method of recording false starts in sprint races.
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- It was later learned that one of the two Russians, Magomedov, had been using a false identity.
- To accomplish this, she is willing to go as far as marrying Julio Cesar under a false identity.
- His superiors approved this plan and provided him with a false identity card in the name of "Tomasz Serafiński".
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- Sheriff Frank Cassell was convicted of making false statements to agents of the FBI.
- In 2005, Patterson was convicted of making false statements to the FBI about an unrelated incident.
- In 2017, the company was sued for making false statements about the earning potential of its graduates.
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- Russia and Iran, the Syrian government's main allies, denied chemical weapons had been used, claiming it was a false flag operation.
- Favored subjects include famous deaths and assassinations, morally dubious government activities, suppressed technologies, and “false flag” terrorism.
- On 23 January 2020, Bellingcat published a report in which it argued that it is effectively impossible for the Douma attack to have been a false flag incident.
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- They accused her of making false allegations against it.
- Kiffin also riled up Florida with his false allegations of NCAA violations by Meyer.
- The individual who made the false allegations, Carl Beech, was later charged in 2018, and jailed for eighteen years in 2019.
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- Aseemanand claimed that he was tortured to give a false statement.
- He beats up Durva's friend who gave a false statement in the court, leading to his suspension orders.
- On 20 February 2018, van der Zwaan pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to investigators.
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- 2 engine, but ignored them as false alarms.
- This helps eliminate false alarms and unnecessary responses.
- This leads to rampant false alarms caused by the men's insecurities.
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- They give a false impression of the essential nature of Islam."
- This may give a false impression that the U.S. is less peaceful than those nations.
- The root word "" gives the false impression that antisemitism is directed against all Semitic people, "e.g.
E.g.
- He rose to prominence for his work on the psychological aspects of false memories.
- is a criminal technique wherein the victim's entire memory is replaced with false memories.
- Tyrell explains that she is an experiment who has been given false memories to provide an "emotional cushion".
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- "What a disgrace for Marlborough," exulted Villeroi, "to have made false movements without any result!"
- She explores how evolutionary biologists made false assumptions as to the function of the female orgasm.
- Monica embarked on an affair with Dr. Pierce Dorman, which predictably ended in disaster when Dorman made false allegations of sexual harassment against Monica.
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- The commercial gained negative publicity and Casio was accused of false advertising.
- The FTC has enforced false advertising claims against companies that sell such products.
- However, false advertising and so-called "quack" advertisements became a problem, which ushered in the regulation of advertising content.
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- You were captured innocent, giving no resistance, condemned by the impious with false testimony: protect those you have redeemed, O Christ.
- On 7 January, prosecutors in Japan issued an arrest warrant for Carole Ghosn on suspicion of giving false testimony during a court hearing in April 2019.
- Later re-investigations by the Crime Suppression Division found evidence of false testimony by a key witness, and that the men had made forced confessions under duress.
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- Lulling Dawn into a false sense of security, Rob proposes and she accepts.
- "My great-grandfather taught that safety nets offer a false sense of security", he explains.
- This can provide a false sense of security when illicit drugs are deliberately adulterated to fool reagent tests.
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- In it, George d'Hout, a website designer from the United States is lured under false pretenses to Guayaquil.
- He was the first person to successfully export a large and fresh enough batch of Brazilian rubber seeds to the British Empire under false pretenses.
- Although he was simply a contractor, he was charged along with the directors of the project with raising money under false pretenses and misappropriation of funds.
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- A number of suspects were also arrested on false charges.
- Leaving aside the false charges, the piece polarized critics.
- The police again get hold of him and try to book him on false charges.
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- The government based its decision on allegations that the newspaper published "false reports and false statements .
- This, however, caused the waters to be muddied as many false reports and offers of information were made by people seeking a share of the reward.
- A series of disputed discussions and decisions, followed by several confusing and false reports of air attacks, delayed the authorization of the sortie.
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- Primovula Primovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, the false cowries.
- However, these shells are sometimes called "cowries" in the British Isles, but are more widely known as "false cowries".
- Primovula roseomaculata Primovula roseomaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
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- Yet those assumptions have since been proven false.
- Channel 5 and other media houses had been fed the same story, proven false.
- This was proven false.
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- On October 21, a false report of an unguarded Confederate camp at Ball's Bluff encouraged Brig.
- In 1951, he managed to launch a false report in several newspapers, a so-called "canard" (germ.
- He sends back the servant and instructs him to spread a false report that the young prince is dead.
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- I am certain that the people are trying to stir up trouble by making such a false accusation."
- In one case, a false accusation of Rommel's supposed mistreatment of Italians made by Goering was refuted by Mussolini himself.
- During the Damascus affair of 1840 the false accusation of ritual murder was brought against members of the Jewish community of Damascus.