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Mime

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- "a buffoon who practices gesticulations" [Johnson], 1603, from Fr. mime, from L. mimus, from Gk. mimos "imitator, actor, buffoon." Mimeograph "copying machine" is 1889 (invented by Edison).
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  mil. abbr. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions gen. comp. abbr. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions network. abbr. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions sec. abbr. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions file ext. abbr. Message in MIME format ( RFC822) ...
English abbreviation dictionary
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  ~1 n 1 the use of actions or movements to express what you want to say without using words 2 a simple play performed without using words  (a mime artist) 3 an actor who performs without using words ~2 v to act something using actions and movements without any words  (The children mimed the whole story for the rest of the class.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  (mimes, miming, mimed) 1. Mime is the use of movements and gestures in order to express something or tell a story without using speech. Music, mime and strong visual imagery play a strong part in the productions... ...a mime artist. N-VAR 2. If you mime something, you describe or express it using mime rather than speech. It featured a solo dance in which a woman in a short overall mimed a lot of dainty housework... I remember asking her to mime getting up in the morning. VERB: V n/-ing, V n/-ing, also V 3. If you mime, you pretend to be singing or playing an instrument, although the music is in fact coming from a CD or cassette. Richey’s not miming, he’s playing very quiet guitar... In concerts, the group mime their songs... The waiters mime to records playing on the jukebox. VERB: V, V n, V to n ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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   I. noun  Etymology: Latin mimus, from Greek mimos  Date: 1616  1. an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner  2.  a. an actor in a ~  b. one that practices ~  3. mimic 2  4. panto~ 3  II. verb  (~d; miming)  Date: 1728  intransitive verb to act a part with mimic gesture and action usually without words  transitive verb  1. mimic  2. to act out in the manner of a ~  • ~r noun MIME  abbreviation multipurpose Internet mail extensions ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. & v. --n. 1 the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, etc. by gesture and expression without using words. 2 a theatrical performance using this technique. 3 Gk & Rom. Antiq. a simple farcical drama including mimicry. 4 (also mime artist) a practitioner of mime. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) convey (an idea or emotion) by gesture without words. 2 intr. (often foll. by to) (of singers etc.) mouth the words of a song etc. along with a soundtrack (mime to a record). Derivatives mimer n. Etymology: L mimus f. Gk mimos ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  1. мим (народное представление у древних греков и римлян) 2. мимика, жестикуляция; пантомима the art of mime —- искусство подражания; искусство пантомимы I showed in mime that I wanted a drink —- я жестами показал, что хочу пить 3. мим; мимист 4. исполнять роль в миме или в пантомиме 5. изображать мимически the actor was miming the movements of a bird —- актер показал в пантомиме полет птицы 6. подражать, имитировать; передразнивать ...
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   1. noun  1) мим (представление у древних греков и римлян)  2) мим  2. v.  1) исполнять роль в пантомиме  2) изображать мимически  3) подражать, имитировать, передразнивать ...
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