From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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; an ancient
Greek or Roman form of farce.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. An actor in such representations.
[1913 Webster]
3. The art of representing actions, events, situations, or
stories solely by gestures and body movements, without
speaking; pantomime[3].
[PJC]
4. An actor who performs or specializes in mime[3]; an actor
who communicates entirely by gesture and facial
expression; a pantomime[2]; a pantomimist; a mimer.
Syn: mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist.
[PJC]
5. A mimic.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mime \Mime\, v. i.
To mimic. [Obs.] -- {Mim"er}, n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mime
n 1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial
expression [syn: {mime}, {mimer}, {mummer}, {pantomimer},
{pantomimist}]
2: a performance using gestures and body movements without words
[syn: {mime}, {pantomime}, {dumb show}]
v 1: imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical
effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"
[syn: {mimic}, {mime}]
2: act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements
only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" [syn:
{mime}, {pantomime}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (RFC
2045/2046/2047/2048/2049, IETF)
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