| plagiarist | | |
| n. (person) | 1. literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer | someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own. |
| ~ stealer, thief | a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it. |
| sundog | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. mock sun, parhelion, sundog | a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals.; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" |
| ~ dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, fleck, spot | a small contrasting part of something.; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" |
| imitate | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. copy, imitate, simulate | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| ~ conform to, follow | behave in accordance or in agreement with.; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" |
| ~ mock | imitate with mockery and derision.; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate" |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| ~ take off | mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner.; "This song takes off from a famous aria" |
| ~ mime, mimic | imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect.; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" |
| ~ model, pattern | plan or create according to a model or models. |
| ~ take after, follow | imitate in behavior; take as a model.; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" |
| ~ emulate | strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister" |
| v. (stative) | 2. imitate | appear like, as in behavior or appearance.; "Life imitate art" |
| ~ resemble | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" |
| ~ ape | imitate uncritically and in every aspect.; "Her little brother apes her behavior" |
| ~ emulate | imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software. |
| ~ follow suit | do what someone else is doing. |
| v. (creation) | 3. imitate | make a reproduction or copy of. |
| ~ re-create, copy | make a replica of.; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" |
| mimic | | |
| n. (person) | 1. mimic, mimicker | someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress). |
| ~ imitator, impersonator | someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another. |
| v. (creation) | 2. mime, mimic | imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect.; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" |
| ~ imitate, simulate, copy | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| adj. | 3. mimic | constituting an imitation.; "the mimic warfare of the opera stage" |
| ~ imitative | marked by or given to imitation.; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being" |
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