fabricate

Verb

fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated)

1. (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
   • to fabricate a bridge or ship
   • The bronze that formerly ornamented this temple was made use of to fabricate the baldachin of St Peter's.1908, Major W. E Frye, After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819

   Synonyms:

   manufacture

2. (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
   • to fabricate computer chips
   • The omni-tool itself is a combination computer and general-purpose engineering device that fabricates tools and equipment as needed. It acts as a translator, computer, holographic recorder and player, full translation software, and can create lockpicks and any other equipment needed to use a...2012 June, Stew Wilson, “Mass Effecting the Thousand Suns”, in RPG Review, number 16, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50

   Synonyms:

   manufacture

3. (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
   • to fabricate a lie or story
   • Both sites, with their ad-laden interfaces emphasizing information about pregnancy, baby names, celebrity moms, and family fun, reflect pervasive concerns about the roles that adults, particularly women, play in creating the conditions of childhood. These concerns are illustrated by the desire of...2019 February 1, J. C. Garden, “Interrogating innocence: “Childhood” as exclusionary social practice”, in Childhood, volume 26, number 1, page 55

   Synonyms:

   confabulate, cook up, invent, make up, manufacture, trump up

4. (transitive) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.