mimic /ˈmɪm.ɪk/noun 6adjective 3verb 2forms 3 noun6 •A person who practices mimicry. •A comic who does impressions. •An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator. •A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap. •An imitation.Jess jumped slightly at hearing Tillyʼs extremely accurate mimic of her voice. — 2005 •A mime. adjective3 •copying something else closely in look, sound or action, as some insects copy the look of leavesOft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes / To imitate her. — 1667 •Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. •made or done to look like the real thing but not real, such as a battle fought only for practice verb2 •To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. — 2013 •To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage. formsmimicked · mimicking · mimics