(~s, simulating, ~d)
1.
If you ~ an action or a feeling, you pretend that you are doing it or feeling it.
They rolled about on the Gilligan Road, simulating a bloodthirsty fight...
He performed a ~d striptease.
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
If you ~ an object, a substance, or a noise, you produce something that looks or sounds like it.
The wood had been painted to ~ stone...
VERB: V n
3.
If you ~ a set of conditions, you create them artificially, for example in order to conduct an experiment.
The scientist developed one model to ~ a full year of the globe’s climate...
Cars are tested to see how much damage they suffer in ~d crashes.
VERB: V n, V-ed