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F fable, n. 1. apologue, allegory, parable, moral, bestiary; nursery rhyme, fairytale, ballad, rhyme, song.
2. fiction, tale, tall tale or story, Inf. yarn, story, adventure.
3. legend, myth, tradition, old wives' tale; lay, epic, saga, chronicle, Fr. roman-fleuve, annal, history.
4. untruth, lie, falsehood, fib, prevarication, white lie, Inf. taradiddle; fabrication, invention, figment, concoction, Inf whopper, fish story; canard, cock and bull story, mare's nest.
-v. 5. lie, fib, prevaricate, misstate, misrepresent, misreport; make up, concoct, invent, fabricate; make believe, pretend, affect, sham; spin a yarn, tell a tall tale.
6. repute, suppose, imagine, think, believe; take for, assume, presume, presuppose, consider, regard, fabled, adj. 1. legendary, storied, fabulous, mythical; chimerical, imaginary, figmental, fanciful; romantic, idealistic.
2. fictitious, made-up, make-believe, invented, imagined; unreal, notional, unfounded; assumed, supposed, reputed; feigned, contrived, concocted, conjured, fabric, n. 1. cloth, textile, weave, loom, dry goods, broadcloth; stuff, material, piece, bolt; jute, burlap, gunny, sackcloth; tapestry, towelling, cambric, linen, lawn; mohair, alpaca, vicuna, Angora, wool, worsted; jersey, homespun, duffel, canvas, khaki, khadi, khad-dar, kersey; tweed, serge, baize, shalloon; felt, frieze, velvet, velour, corduroy; flannel, cotton, muslin, drill, mull, nainsook, jaconet; calico, fustian, moleskin, sharkskin; dimity, voile, gingham, madras, poplin, seersucker; chintz, silk, cretonne, foulard, damask, grosgrain, brocade; satin, taffeta, ninon, chiffon, sarcenet, lace, chenille.
2. texture, nap, tissue, pile, weaving, weave; intertexture, contexture, crossing, conformation; grain, surface, granulation, feel, touch, denier, make.
3. framework, structure, outline, scheme, cadre, frame, contour, profile; make-up, build, organization, constitution, configuration, formulation.
4. building, edifice, structure, erection; tower, dome, house, skyscraper. fabricate, v. 1. construct, build, frame, fashion, figure; manufacture, produce, put out, make.
2. assemble, set up, compose, compile; erect, elevate, raise, put up, rear.
3. devise, formulate, design, mint, coin, hatch; invent, make up, think up; create, concoct, imagine, think, originate.
4. forge, fake, counterfeit, contrive, falsify; rig, set up, trump up, hatch, spin, concoct, Inf pull out of a hat, Inf. cook up, Sl. hoke up; prevaricate, lie, fib.
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