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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: mimic (0.00961 detik)
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. [1913 Webster] Mimic \Mim"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mimicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Mimicking.] [1913 Webster] 1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. [1913 Webster] The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock. [1913 Webster] Mimic \Mim"ic\, Mimical \Mim"ic*al\, a. [L. mimicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? mime: cf. F. mimique. See Mime.] [1913 Webster] 1. Imitative; mimetic. [1913 Webster] Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes To imitate her. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --W. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures. “Mimic hootings.” --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. [1913 Webster] Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and is less dignified than imitative. [1913 Webster] Mimic beetle (Zo["o]l.), a beetle that feigns death when disturbed, esp. the species of Hister and allied genera. [1913 Webster]

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