Mimic

/ˈmɪm.ɪk/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To imitate, especially in order to ridicule..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
2. (biology, transitive) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
3. A person who practices mimicry; especially:
4. An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
5. An imitation.
6. (fantasy, roleplaying games) A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.
7. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
8. Mock, pretended.

Example Sentences

An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

Jess jumped slightly at hearing Tillyʼs extremely accurate mimic of her voice.

I think every man is cloied and wearied, with seeing so many apish and mimicke trickes, that juglers teach their Dogges, as the dances, where they misse not one cadence of the sounds or notes they heare[…].

Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes / To imitate her.

And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him.

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Word Forms

• mimics
• mimicking
• mimicked
• mimick

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