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ALL meanings of mime

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  • noun mime The theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement. 1
  • noun mime performer who uses gestures 1
  • transitive verb mime act out in gestures 1
  • intransitive verb mime act in gestures 1
  • intransitive verb mime be a mime artist 1
  • noun mime the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime. 1
  • noun mime an actor who specializes in this art. 1
  • noun mime an ancient Greek or Roman farce that depended for effect largely upon ludicrous actions and gestures. 1
  • noun mime a player in such a farce. 1
  • noun mime mimic (def 4). 1
  • noun mime a jester, clown, or comedian. 1
  • verb with object mime to mimic. 1
  • verb with object mime to act in mime. 1
  • verb without object mime to play a part by mime or mimicry. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of mime (file format, multimedia)   (MIME) A standard for multi-part, multimedia electronic mail messages and web hypertext documents on the Internet. MIME provides the ability to transfer non-textual data, such as graphics, audio and fax. It is defined in RFC 2045, RFC 2046, RFC 2047, RFC 2048, RFC 2049, and BCP0013. It uses mimencode to encode binary data into base 64 using a subset of ASCII. 1
  • variable noun mime Mime is the use of movements and gestures in order to express something or tell a story without using speech. 0
  • verb mime If you mime something, you describe or express it using mime rather than speech. 0
  • verb mime If you mime, you pretend to be singing or playing an instrument, although the music is in fact coming from a CD or cassette. 0
  • noun mime the theatrical technique of expressing an idea or mood or portraying a character entirely by gesture and bodily movement without the use of words 0
  • noun mime a performer specializing in such a technique, esp a comic actor 0
  • noun mime a dramatic presentation using such a technique 0
  • noun mime a comic performance depending for effect largely on exaggerated gesture and physical action 0
  • noun mime an actor in such a performance 0
  • verb mime to express (an idea) in actions or gestures without speech 0
  • verb mime (of singers or musicians) to perform as if singing (a song) or playing (a piece of music) that is actually prerecorded 0
  • abbreviation MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 0
  • noun mime an ancient Greek or Roman farce, in which people and events were mimicked and burlesqued 0
  • noun mime the representation of an action, character, mood, etc. by means of gestures and actions rather than words 0
  • noun mime an actor who performs in mimes; specif., a mimic or pantomimist 0
  • verb transitive mime to imitate, mimic, or act out as a mime 0
  • intransitive verb mime to act as a mime; play a part with gestures and actions, but usually without words 0
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