fabricate

present singular third person fabricates · participle present fabricating · participle past fabricated · past fabricated

1. transitiveTo form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.

   to fabricate a bridge or ship

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   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. transitiveTo form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.

   to fabricate computer chips

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   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 character's skills. An omni-tool can be upgraded with a number of options.

   2012 June, Stew Wilson, “Mass Effecting the Thousand Suns”, in RPG Review, number 16, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50

   Planar metamaterials with subwavelength thickness, or metasurfaces, consisting of single-layer or few-layer stacks of planar structures, can be readily fabricated using lithography and nanoprinting methods, and the ultrathin thickness in the wave propagation direction can greatly suppress the undesirable losses.

   2016, Hou-Tong Chen, Antoinette J Taylor, Nanfang Yu, “A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications”, in arXiv

   Synonyms: manufacture

3. transitiveTo invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.

   to fabricate a lie or story

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   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 the aforementioned mom-bloggers to curate extraordinary adult memories for their children by fabricating a mythical period of wide-eyed wonder and magical moments.

   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. transitivecookingTo cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.