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MIME

(mīm)

n. Computers

A communications protocol that allows for the transmission of data in many forms, such as audio, binary, or video.

[M(ultipurpose) I(nternet) M(ail) E(xtensions).]

mime

(mīm)

a. A form of ancient Greek and Roman theatrical entertainment in which familiar characters and situations were farcically portrayed on stage, often with coarse dialogue and ludicrous actions.

b. A performance of or dialogue for such an entertainment.

c. A performer in a mime.

2. A modern performer who specializes in comic mimicry.

a. The art of portraying characters and acting out situations or a narrative by gestures and body movement without the use of words; pantomime.

b. A performance of pantomime.

c. An actor or actress skilled in pantomime.

v. mimed, mim·ing, mimes

v.tr.

1. To ridicule by imitation; mimic.

2. To act out with gestures and body movement.

v.intr.

1. To act as a mimic.

2. To portray characters and situations by gesture and body movement.

[Latin mīmus, from Greek mīmos.]

mim′er n.

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mime

(maɪm)

1. (Theatre) the theatrical technique of expressing an idea or mood or portraying a character entirely by gesture and bodily movement without the use of words

2. (Theatre) Also called: mime artist a performer specializing in such a technique, esp a comic actor

3. (Theatre) a dramatic presentation using such a technique

4. (Theatre) (in the classical theatre)

a. a comic performance depending for effect largely on exaggerated gesture and physical action

b. an actor in such a performance

5. to express (an idea) in actions or gestures without speech

6. (Music, other) (of singers or musicians) to perform as if singing (a song) or playing (a piece of music) that is actually prerecorded

[Old English mīma, from Latin mīmus mimic actor, from Greek mimos imitator]

ˈmimer n

MIME

abbreviation for

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mime

(maɪm, mim)

n., v. mimed, mim•ing. n.

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

2. an actor who specializes in this art.

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

b. a performer in such entertainment.

4. mimic (def. 4).

5. a jester, clown, or comedian.

v.t.

6. to mimic.

7. to act in mime.

v.i.

8. to play a part by mime or mimicry.

[1610–20; < Latin mīmus < Greek mîmos mime, akin to mīmeîsthai to imitate]

mim′er, n.

mime

Past participle: mimed
Gerund: miming

Imperative
mime
mime

Present
I mime
you mime
he/she/it mimes
we mime
you mime
they mime

Preterite
I mimed
you mimed
he/she/it mimed
we mimed
you mimed
they mimed

Present Continuous
I am miming
you are miming
he/she/it is miming
we are miming
you are miming
they are miming

Present Perfect
I have mimed
you have mimed
he/she/it has mimed
we have mimed
you have mimed
they have mimed

Past Continuous
I was miming
you were miming
he/she/it was miming
we were miming
you were miming
they were miming

Past Perfect
I had mimed
you had mimed
he/she/it had mimed
we had mimed
you had mimed
they had mimed

Future
I will mime
you will mime
he/she/it will mime
we will mime
you will mime
they will mime

Future Perfect
I will have mimed
you will have mimed
he/she/it will have mimed
we will have mimed
you will have mimed
they will have mimed

Future Continuous
I will be miming
you will be miming
he/she/it will be miming
we will be miming
you will be miming
they will be miming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been miming
you have been miming
he/she/it has been miming
we have been miming
you have been miming
they have been miming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been miming
you will have been miming
he/she/it will have been miming
we will have been miming
you will have been miming
they will have been miming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been miming
you had been miming
he/she/it had been miming
we had been miming
you had been miming
they had been miming

Conditional
I would mime
you would mime
he/she/it would mime
we would mime
you would mime
they would mime

Past Conditional
I would have mimed
you would have mimed
he/she/it would have mimed
we would have mimed
you would have mimed
they would have mimed

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Noun	1.	mime - an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player - a theatrical performer
	2.	mime - a performance using gestures and body movements without words dumb show, pantomime acting, performing, playacting, playing - the performance of a part or role in a drama panto - an abbreviation of pantomime
Verb	1.	mime - imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" mimic imitate, simulate, copy - reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
	2.	mime - act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" pantomime playact, roleplay, act, play - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

mime

noun

1. dumb show, gesture, pantomime, mummery Students presented a mime and a puppet show

verb

1. act out, represent, gesture, simulate, pantomime She mimed getting up in the morning.

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mime

noun

A performer skilled at copying the manner or expression of another:

impersonator, mimic.

Translations

تَمثيل إيمائيتَمْثيليَّه إيمائِيَّهمُمَثِّل إيمائييُمَثِّل إيمائِيا

mimpantomimavyjádřit beze slov

mimemimikerpantomime

Mime Mimenspiel Mimik mimisch darstellen Pantomime

μίμος μιμούμαι

mime mimodrame

mímelpantomimszínész

látbragîsleikarilátbragîsleikurleika í látbragîsleik

mimare mimica mimo

išreikšti judesiais ir mimikamimaspantomimapantomimikavaidinti pantomimoje

izrādīt ar žestiem, mīmikumīmspantomīmatēlot pantomīmā

mime mimekunstner mimespill oppføre et mimespill skuespill uten tale

mímvyjadriť bez slov

izraziti z gibipantomimapantomimik

pandomimpandomimcipndomim yapmak

哑剧哑剧演员指手画脚滑稽戏用哑剧的形式表演

mime

[maɪm]

A. N (= acting) → mimo m, mímica f; (= play) → teatro m de mimo; (= actor) → mimo mf

B. VT → imitar, remedar

C. VI (= act) → hacer mímica
to mime to a song → cantar una canción haciendo playback

D. CPD mime artist N → mimo mf

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mime

[ˈmaɪm]

n → mime m

[+ action] → mimer
to mime doing sth → mimer l'action de faire qch
I asked her to mime getting up in the morning → Je lui ai demandé de mimer l'action de se lever le matin.

[+ song] → jouer en play-back
In concerts, the group mime all their songs → En concert, le groupe joue toutes ses chansons en play-back.

vi → exécuter une pantomime
to mime to sth
The waiters mime to records playing on the jukebox → Les garçons exécutaient une pantomime au son des disques qui passaient sur le jukebox.mime artist n → mime mf

mime

n (= acting) → Pantomime f; (= actor) → Pantomime m, → Pantomimin f; (= ancient play, actor) → Mimus m; the art of mime → die Pantomimik, die Kunst der Pantomime; to do a mime → eine Pantomime darstellen

vt → pantomimisch darstellen

vi → Pantomimen spielen

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mime

[maɪm]

1. n (play) → mimo; (skill, gestures) → mimica; (actor) → mimo/a

2. vt & vi → mimare

mime

(maim) noun

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

2. a play in which no words are spoken and the actions tell the story. The children performed a mime.

3. an actor in such a play; someone who practises this art. Marcel Marceau is a famous mime.

verb

to act, eg in such a play, using movements rather than words. He mimed his love for her by holding his hands over his heart.

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References in classic literature ?

Mimes, in the form of God on high, Mutter and mumble low, And hither and thither fly - Mere puppets they, who come and go At bidding of vast formless things That shift the scenery to and fro, Flapping from out their Condor wings Invisible Wo !

- with mortal pangs The mimes become its food, And the angels sob at vermin fangs In human gore imbued.

View in context

For there is no common term we could apply to the mimes of Sophron and Xenarchus and the Socratic dialogues on the one hand; and, on the other, to poetic imitations in iambic, elegiac, or any similar metre.

View in context

There he was before me, in motley, as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous.

View in context

'100 Thousand Mimes for Change' is an independent initiative launched last September by a group of artists and poets in the US (led by Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion), under the title '100 Thousand Poets for Change' (100TPC), which resulted in the world's biggest-ever poetry event.

Sometimes silence can make a change

Kirichenko thus reconstructs a performance context for mimes improvised by a single orator taking over all the roles, and consequently a performance context for the Met.

Kirichenko, A., A Comedy of Storytelling, Theatricality and Narrative in Apuleius' Golden Ass

Drivers in Caracas are slowing down and even smiling at the mimes. Mayors in other traffic-clogged cities are now studying the idea.

Stopping traffic in Caracas: venezuelans won't pay attention to the police. Send in the clowns?

About 120 mimes dressed in clown-like outfits and white gloves took to the streets of the Sucre district of Caracas this week, wagging their fingers at traffic violators and at pedestrians who streaked across busy avenues rather than waiting at crossing points.

Mimes battle city's speeders; weird WORLD

founder and director of Le Centre du Silence Mime School in Boulder, Colo.; and Gregg Goldston, founder of the Goldstar) & Johnson School for Mimes, an intensive summer program, and founder/director of the Invisible People, a seven-member touring company.

Moved to silence: a good mime, asserted the late Marcel Marceau, trains to be an athlete of the heart

For the first few First Night Worcester celebrations, mime artist Trent Arterberry could regularly be seen making all the right moves.

Mime over matter; Trent Arterberry brings `The Bigg Show' to Worcester's First Night

All these carefully prepared characterizations led her naturally to the mime roles in the repertoire that she inherited when her toe shoe days were over.

Attitudes

But when Sony told Brendan to mime on CD:UK he hit the roof.

Billy Sloan: Wheatus: We're no Fony pop act

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