Found 3 items, similar to mimic.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: mimic
keajukan, menirukan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mimic
mimic
v : imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), especially for satirical
effect;
“The actor mimicked the President very
accurately” [syn:
mime]
[also:
mimicking,
mimicked]
mimic
adj : constituting an imitation;
“the mimic warfare of the opera
stage”- Archibald Alison
[also:
mimicking,
mimicked]
mimic
n : someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) [syn:
mimicker]
[also:
mimicking,
mimicked]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mimic
Mimic
\Mim"ic\, n.
One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for
sport; a copyist; a buffoon. --Burke.
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Mimic
\Mim"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Mimicked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mimicking.]
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1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
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The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply,
The habit mimic, and the mien belie. --Dryden.
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2. (Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of
a totally different nature, or some surrounding object),
as a means of protection or advantage.
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Syn: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.
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Mimic
\Mim"ic\, Mimical
\Mim"ic*al\, a. [L. mimicus, Gr. ?, fr.
? mime: cf. F. mimique. See
Mime.]
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1. Imitative; mimetic.
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Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes
To imitate her. --Milton.
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Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --W.
Wotton.
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2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as,
mimic gestures.
“Mimic hootings.” --Wordsworth.
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3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other
forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble
simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
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Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and
is less dignified than imitative.
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Mimic beetle (Zo["o]l.), a beetle that feigns death when
disturbed, esp. the species of
Hister and allied genera.
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