Definition: mime

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

mime
     n 1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial
          expression [syn: mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist]
     2: a performance using gestures and body movements without
        words [syn: pantomime, dumb show]
     v 1: imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), esp. for satirical
          effect [syn: mimic, mock]
     2: act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements
        only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" [syn: pantomime]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.

   2. An actor in such representations.
Mime \Mime\, v. i.
   To mimic. [Obs.] -- Mim"er, n.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

MIME

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Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 

MIME
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