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MIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mime mean?
• MIME (noun)
The noun MIME has 2 senses:
1. an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
2. a performance using gestures and body movements without words
Familiarity information: MIME used as a noun is rare.
• MIME (verb)
The verb MIME has 2 senses:
1. imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
2. act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
Familiarity information: MIME used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
mime; mimer; mummer; pantomimer; pantomimist
Hypernyms ("mime" is a kind of...):
actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)
Instance hyponyms:
Marceau; Marcel Marceau (French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923))
Derivation:
mime (imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A performance using gestures and body movements without words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("mime" is a kind of...):
acting; performing; playacting; playing (the performance of a part or role in a drama)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mime"):
panto (an abbreviation of pantomime)
Derivation:
mime (act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only)
mimic (constituting an imitation)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: mimed
Past participle: mimed
-ing form: miming
Sense 1
Meaning:
Imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
mime; mimic
Context example:
The actor mimicked the President very accurately
Hypernyms (to "mime" is one way to...):
copy; imitate; simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
mime (an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
mime; pantomime
Context example:
The acting students mimed eating an apple
Hypernyms (to "mime" is one way to...):
act; play; playact; roleplay (perform on a stage or theater)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
mime (a performance using gestures and body movements without words)
mimer (an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression)
Context examples
Furthermore, simply miming the act of speaking provided sufficient information to the computer for it to recreate several of the same sounds.
(Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds, National Institutes of Health)
First, by recording signals from patients’ brains while they were asked to speak or mime sentences, they built maps of how the brain directs the vocal tract, including the lips, tongue, jaw, and vocal cords, to make different sounds.
(Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds, National Institutes of Health)
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