imitate
/ˈɪmɪteɪt/ verb B1- To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
He/she/it imitates · Past imitated · Past participle imitated · -ing form imitating
Verb forms
- Base form
- imitate
- He/she/it
- imitates
- Past
- imitated
- Past participle
- imitated
- -ing form
- imitating
From the library
“He is dead, dear Mother; for just now a very huge beast with four great feet came to the pool and crushed him to death with his cloven heel.” The Frog, puffing herself out, inquired, “if the beast was as big as that in size.” “Cease, Mother, to puff yourself out,” said her son, “and do not be angry; for you would, I assure you, sooner burst than successfully imitate the hugeness of that monster.”
But having heard the neigh of the horse, they were so enchanted with the sound, that they tried to imitate it; and, in trying to neigh, they forgot how to sing.
I can imitate any kind of a bird or beast.” Here he mewed so like a kitten that Toto pricked up his ears and looked everywhere to see where she was.
Mowgli picked up some creepers and began to work them in and out, and the monkeys tried to imitate; but in a very few minutes they lost interest and began to pull their friends’ tails or jump up and down on all fours, coughing.
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