miming
present participle ofmime
mime
verb[IorT]
uk/maɪm/us/maɪm/toactortellastoryin mime:
Thewholeof thebanquetsceneis mimed.
topretendtosing,play, or say something without making anysound:
Most of thebandsthatappearon the show just mimetoarecordingoftheirsongs.
He was miming something at meacrosstheroom.
Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act out
- amateur theater
- appear
- blocking
- camp
- chew
- chew the sceneryidiom
- corpse
- dumb show
- greasepaint
- interpret
- interpreter
- method acting
- overact
- stage
- tread
- variety
- walk throughsomething
- walkthrough
- wrap party
Examplesofmiming
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The scriveners spent much time on stagemimingthe act of copying a legal document.
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She thus appears to be the author of that solo - bymimingthe lead guitarist's solo, she temporarily usurps his position in the band.
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The thricerepeated 'lovely - lovely - lovely' is like a paeanmimingthe hymn of worship 'holy, holy, holy'.
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There are a number ofmimingsocieties in the country.
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For over a century, coalmiminghas been by far our largest industry and by far our largest single employer of labour.
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I think that hismimingof a woman smoking in a theatre was something few of us could undertake at such short notice.
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They are playing a piece ofmiming.
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It is also necessary to take account of the fact that indictable crime known to the police in 1970 wasmimingat 1·5 million offences a year.
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During rehearsals, the reading expanded into a production with one naked actormimingthe text with several dolls.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Examples include kneading bread dough, wringing out a towel, avoiding laser-beams ormimingthe shape of an imaginary object.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The band twice appeared live in the studio,mimingto the song.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While on the stage, a woman in a small circle in the corner of the screen is gesturing along with the manmiming.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pepe plays along the confrontation as a duel,miminga miss and a defeat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This movement-heavy production featured figure- and stunt-skatersmimingto a pre-recorded backing while performing complex routines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This show also included local artistsmimingto international hits.
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- an accident waiting to happen
- an-accident-waiting-to-happen
- an ace up your sleeve
- an-ace-up-your-sleeve
- anachronism
- anachronistic
- anachronistically
- anaconda
- an acquired taste
- an-acquired-taste
- an act of God
- Anadama bread
- anadama-bread
- anadromous fish
- anaemia
- anaemic
- anaerobic
- anaerobic bacteria
- anaerobic conditions
- anaerobic digestion
- anaerobic-digestion
- anaerobic environment
- anaerobic exercise
- anaerobic respiration
- anaerobic-respiration