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| affect2 |
to imitate or pretend to have. |
| ape |
to imitate or copy. [1/2 definitions] |
| copy |
to do something in the same way as another; imitate. [1/5 definitions] |
| ear1 |
When you have an ear for something, like music or a language, you have the ability to hear the sounds of it clearly and correctly. You can probably imitate these sounds very well. [1/2 definitions] |
| echo |
to repeat or imitate. [1/4 definitions] |
| forge1 |
to invent or imitate in order to deceive. [1/5 definitions] |
| imitate |
When you imitate something or someone, you copy or try to be like them. |
| mimic |
to copy or imitate. [1/3 definitions] |
| parrot |
a tropical bird with a short, hooked bill and brightly colored feathers. Parrots can often imitate spoken words and other sounds. [1/2 definitions] |
| style |
A style is a special way of doing something that people can recognize and imitate. [1/6 definitions] |
| wham |
used to imitate the sound of a loud noise made by hard blow, heavy falling object, or explosion. |
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