"mimic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɪm.ɪk/ Audio: en-us-mimic.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪk Etymology: From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|mīmicus}} Latin mīmicus, {{uder|en|grc|μῑμικός||belonging to mimes}} Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), {{m|grc|μῖμος||imitator, actor}} μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mimic (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mimic-en-adj-LklcFNga Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 10 10 10 15 4 17 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 15 8 16 16 9 5 13 8
  2. Mock, pretended. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mimic-en-adj-zLXcq-rO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 10 10 10 15 4 17 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 14 7 15 15 12 6 14 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 15 8 16 16 9 5 13 8
  3. (mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mineralogy
    Sense id: en-mimic-en-adj-1x634ZY~ Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mimick Related terms: mime, mimicable, mimicry

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪm.ɪk/ Audio: en-us-mimic.ogg [US] Forms: mimics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪk Etymology: From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|mīmicus}} Latin mīmicus, {{uder|en|grc|μῑμικός||belonging to mimes}} Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), {{m|grc|μῖμος||imitator, actor}} μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mimic (plural mimics)
  1. A person who practices mimicry; especially:
    A mime.
    Sense id: en-mimic-en-noun-dP6S6~hh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 10 10 10 15 4 17 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 14 7 15 15 12 6 14 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 15 8 16 16 9 5 13 8
  2. A person who practices mimicry; especially:
    A comic who does impressions.     Categories (topical): People Synonyms: impressionist
    Sense id: en-mimic-en-noun-6PEcGloB Disambiguation of People: 0 6 7 29 49 0 0 0 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 10 10 10 15 4 17 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 14 7 15 15 12 6 14 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 15 8 16 16 9 5 13 8
  3. An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
    Sense id: en-mimic-en-noun-dGafQLKb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 10 10 10 15 4 17 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 14 7 15 15 12 6 14 7
  4. An imitation.
    Sense id: en-mimic-en-noun-PTMOd7Lh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mimick, mimicker Derived forms: mimic beetle, mimic function, mimic glass lizard, mimic octopus, Moloney's mimic bat Translations (a person who practices mimicry, or mime): имитатор (imitator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), miimikko (Finnish), aithriseoir [masculine] (Irish), d'ganneux [masculine] (Norman), mímico [masculine] (Portuguese), ਸਾਂਗੀ (sāṅgī) [masculine] (Punjabi), мим (mim) [masculine] (Russian), имита́тор (imitátor) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'a person who practices mimicry, or mime': 46 47 4 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɪm.ɪk/ Audio: en-us-mimic.ogg [US] Forms: mimics [present, singular, third-person], mimicking [participle, present], mimicked [participle, past], mimicked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪk Etymology: From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|mīmicus}} Latin mīmicus, {{uder|en|grc|μῑμικός||belonging to mimes}} Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), {{m|grc|μῖμος||imitator, actor}} μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”) Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~king|~ked}} mimic (third-person singular simple present mimics, present participle mimicking, simple past and past participle mimicked)
  1. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. Translations (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule): yamsılamaq (Azerbaijani), imitatu (Basque), подражавам (podražavam) (Bulgarian), имитирам (imitiram) (Bulgarian), escarnir (Catalan), 模仿 (Mófǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), imitovat (Czech), imitoida (Finnish), matkia (Finnish), nachahmen (German), nachäffen (German), utánoz (Hungarian), herma eftir (Icelandic), ត្រាប់ (trap) (Khmer), atdarināt (Latvian), tāwhai (Maori), herme etter (Norwegian), akkeessuu (Oromo), przedrzeźniać (Polish), imitar (Portuguese), ਸਾਂਗ ਲਾਉਣਾ (sāṅg lāuṇā) (Punjabi), mima (Romanian), imita (Romanian), имити́ровать (imitírovatʹ) (Russian), oponašati (Serbo-Croatian), posnemati (Slovene), oponašati (Slovene), arremedar (Spanish), härma (Swedish), เลียน (liian) (Thai), taklit etmek (Turkish), öykünmek (Turkish), bắt chước (Vietnamese), nhại (Vietnamese), dynwared (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mimic-en-verb-h95gB-wE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 10 10 10 15 4 17 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 14 7 15 15 12 6 14 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 15 8 16 16 9 5 13 8 Disambiguation of 'to imitate, especially in order to ridicule': 97 3
  2. (biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage): мимикрирам (mimikriram) (Bulgarian), 拟态 (Nǐtài) (Chinese Mandarin), naamioitua (Finnish), imitować (Polish), mimetizar (Portuguese), имити́ровать (imitírovatʹ) (Russian), posnemati (Slovene), імітува́ти (imituváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-mimic-en-verb-SnyqWvK5 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mimick

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ត្រាប់"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to imitate, especially in order to ridicule",
      "word": "öykünmek"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to imitate, especially in order to ridicule",
      "word": "bắt chước"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to imitate, especially in order to ridicule",
      "word": "nhại"
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      "sense": "to imitate, especially in order to ridicule",
      "word": "dynwared"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "мимикрирам"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Nǐtài",
      "sense": "biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage",
      "word": "拟态"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage",
      "word": "naamioitua"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage",
      "word": "imitować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage",
      "word": "mimetizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "imitírovatʹ",
      "sense": "biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage",
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    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage",
      "word": "posnemati"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "imituváty",
      "sense": "biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "імітува́ти"
    }
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}

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      "word": "mimic glass lizard"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "miimikko"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "d'ganneux"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Russian",
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    }
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}

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