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English Dictionary: Mime by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Mime
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mime
n
  1. an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
    Synonym(s): mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist
  2. a performance using gestures and body movements without words
    Synonym(s): mime, pantomime, dumb show
v
  1. imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"
    Synonym(s): mimic, mime
  2. act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"
    Synonym(s): mime, pantomime
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mime \Mime\, n. [L. mimus, Gr. [?], akin to [?] to imitate, to
      mimic: cf. F. mime. Cf. {Mimosa}.]
      1. A kind of drama in which real persons and events were
            generally represented in a ridiculous manner.
  
      2. An actor in such representations.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mime \Mime\, v. i.
      To mimic. [Obs.] -- {Mim"er}, n.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   MIME
  
      {Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions}
  
  
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