Definitions of pretend:

• noun:   the enactment of a pretense

  Example: "It was just pretend"

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

  Example: "Pretend the title of King"

• verb:   state insincerely

  Example: "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"

• verb:   represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
• verb:   behave unnaturally or affectedly
• verb:   make believe with the intent to deceive
• verb:   put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

  Example: "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

• adjective:   imagined as in a play

  Example: "Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"