Definition of "Pretend" :

noun: the enactment of a pretense

"It was just pretend."

verb: state insincerely

"She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber."

verb: make believe with the intent to deceive

verb: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

verb: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

"I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong."

verb: behave unnaturally or affectedly

verb: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

"Pretend the title of King."

adjective: imagined as in a play

"Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish."