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shammed

shammed is the simple past and past participle of sham.

Meaning of sham

Verb

sham (third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)

  1. To deceive, cheat, lie.
    • He shammed a migraine to avoid the exam.
  2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
    • But we muſt have a care all this while, not to […] Sham Fallacyes upon the World for Current Reaſon1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Æsop, &c.] Fab[le] CLXII. A Nightingale and a Bat.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 144
  3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

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Words formed from shammed

Phrases with shammed

Questions about shammed

What is shammed the simple past and past participle of?
Shammed is the simple past and past participle of sham.

Words near shammed in the dictionary

  1. Shammases
  2. shammash
  3. shammashim
  4. shammasim
  5. shammatha
  6. shammed
  7. shammed Abraham
  8. shammed Abram
  9. shammer
  10. shammers
  11. shammes

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