The noun pretend has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. make-believe, pretend -- (the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend")
Overview of verb pretend
The verb pretend has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (12) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble -- (make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache")
2. (10) dissemble, pretend, act -- (behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting")
3. pretend -- (put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King")
4. guess, venture, pretend, hazard -- (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")
5. make, pretend, make believe -- (represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress")
6. profess, pretend -- (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")
Overview of adj pretend
The adj pretend has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. make-believe, pretend -- (imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish")