(~s, miming, ~d)
1.
Mime is the use of movements and gestures in order to express something or tell a story without using speech.
Music, ~ and strong visual imagery play a strong part in the productions...
...a ~ artist.
N-VAR
2.
If you ~ something, you describe or express it using ~ rather than speech.
It featured a solo dance in which a woman in a short overall ~d a lot of dainty housework...
I remember asking her to ~ getting up in the morning.
VERB: V n/-ing, V n/-ing, also V
3.
If you ~, you pretend to be singing or playing an instrument, although the music is in fact coming from a CD or cassette.
Richey’s not miming, he’s playing very quiet guitar...
In concerts, the group ~ their songs...
The waiters ~ to records playing on the jukebox.
VERB: V, V n, V to n