English verb: fabricate | |||
1. | fabricate (creation) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | ||
Samples | The company fabricates plastic chairs. They manufacture small toys. He manufactured a popular cereal. | ||
Synonyms | construct, manufacture | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | mass-produce, raft | ||
2. | fabricate (creation) make up something artificial or untrue | ||
Synonyms | cook up, invent, make up, manufacture | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | concoct, confabulate, mythologise, mythologize, spin, trump up, vamp, vamp up | ||