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 Definitions of Mime  [ɪm, mim]  

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Definition of 'Mime' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) mime
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and body movements; pantomime.

2.  mime
an actor who specializes in this art.

3.  mime
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a farcical, often licentious type of popular drama.

4.  mime
a performer in such entertainment.

5.  mime
a jester, clown, or comedian.

6. (v.t.) mime
to mimic.

7.  mime
to act in mime.

8. (v.i.) mime
to play a part by mime or mimicry.

Etymology:  (1610–20; < L mīmus < Gk mîmos mime, akin to mīmeîsthai to imitate)

Definition of 'Mime' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist
an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression

2. (verb) mime, pantomime, dumb show
a performance using gestures and body movements without words

3. (verb) mimic, mime
imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
"The actor mimicked the President very accurately"

4. (verb) mime, pantomime
act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
"The acting students mimed eating an apple"


Definition of 'Mime' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) mime
to perform actions that describe sth without talking
From across the crowded room, she mimed that she was going home.


Definition of 'Mime' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Mime
a kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner

2. (noun) Mime
an actor in such representations

3. (verb) Mime
to mimic


Translation of 'Mime' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the art of using movement to perform the function of speech, especially in drama
She is studying mime.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: mimiek Arabic flag Arabic: تَمثيل إيمائي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мимика
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mímica Czech flag Czech: pantomima German flag German: die Mimik
Danish flag Danish: mime Greek flag Greek: μιμική τέχνη Spanish flag Spanish: mimo
Estonian flag Estonian: pantomiim Farsi flag Farsi: لال بازی Finnish flag Finnish: pantomiimi
French flag French: mime Hebrew flag Hebrew: פַּנטוֹמִימָה Hindi flag Hindi: नकल
Croatian flag Croatian: mimika Hungarian flag Hungarian: pantomim Indonesian flag Indonesian: bahasa isyarat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: látbragðsleikur/-list Italian flag Italian: mimica Japanese flag Japanese: 無言劇の演技
Korean flag Korean: 팬터마임 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pantomimika Latvian flag Latvian: pantomīma
Malay flag Malay: menggunakan isyarat Dutch flag Dutch: gebarenspel Norwegian flag Norwegian: mime
Polish flag Polish: pantomima Persian flag Persian: تقليد كردن Pashto flag Pashto: تقليد كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mímica Romanian flag Romanian: pantomimă Russian flag Russian: мимика
Slovak flag Slovak: pantomíma Slovenian flag Slovenian: mim Serbian flag Serbian: mimika
Swedish flag Swedish: mim, pantomim Thai flag Thai: การแสดงโดยไม่ใช้คำพูด Turkish flag Turkish: pandomim
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 比手劃腳(尤指在默劇中) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: міміка Urdu flag Urdu: حرکت اور اشارے سے بات کرن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kịch câm Chinese flag Chinese: 指手画脚,滑稽戏

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