Aped - English meaning

eɪp

Aped – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Imitate (someone or something), especially in an absurd or unthinking way.
Usage examples:
New architecture can respect the old without aping its style
Synonims:
ImitateMimicCopyDo an impression ofEchoParrotTake offMockParodyCaricatureSend upMonkey

noun
A large primate that lacks a tail, including the gorilla, chimpanzees, orangutan, and gibbons.
Usage examples:
Mother apes - chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, humans - dote on their babies.

noun
An unintelligent or clumsy person.
Usage examples:
The million or so who voted for the party last year aren't all knuckle-dragging racist apes.

noun
An inferior imitator or mimic.
Usage examples:
Cunning is but the ape of wisdom

verb
Past simple and past participle of ape
Usage examples:
He called the new building unoriginal and said that it merely aped the classical traditions.

verb
To copy something or someone badly and unsuccessfully
Usage examples:
He called the new building unoriginal and said that it merely aped the classical traditions.

Aped translation into English

Aped: translate from English into Chinese

猿

Aped: translate from English into Dutch

Aap, Naäpen

Aped: translate from English into French

Singe, Singer

Aped: translate from English into German

Nachgeäfft, Nachäffen, Nachahmen

Aped: translate from English into Hindi

वानर, अनुकरण करना

Aped: translate from English into Italian

Scimmia, Scimmiottare, Imitare, Rifare

Aped: translate from English into Korean

원숭이, 흉내내다

Aped: translate from English into Russian

Обезьянничать, Подражать, Передразнивать

Aped: translate from English into Spanish

Imitado, Imitar a, Remedar

Word origin

Old English apa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aap and German Affe .

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Aped – similar words

ap

eɪˈpiː

prefix
Variant spelling of ad- assimilated before p (as in apposite, apprehend ).

prefix
Variant spelling of apo- shortened before a vowel or h (as in aphelion ).

abbreviation
Andhra pradesh.

Ap - all meanings in English

Aped synonims

caricature

ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər

noun
A picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
Usage examples:
A crude caricature of the prime minister

verb
Make or give a caricature of.
Usage examples:
He was famous enough to be caricatured by private eye

noun
A drawing or a written or spoken description that makes part of someone's appearance or character more noticeable than it really is, or the skill of doing this
Usage examples:
[ c ] i saw a wonderful caricature of the president in the newspaper., it’s so easy to caricature p…

Caricature - all meanings in English

copy

ˈkɒp.i

noun
A thing made to be similar or identical to another.
Usage examples:
The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

verb
Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce.
Usage examples:
Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

verb
To produce something that is exactly like another thing, or to do something meant to be like someone or something else
Usage examples:
The design was copied from a 19th-century wallpaper., he copied the file onto a diskette., she writ…

Copy - all meanings in English

echo

ˈek.əʊ

noun
A sound or sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener.
Usage examples:
The walls threw back the echoes of his footsteps

verb
(of a sound) be repeated or reverberate after the original sound has stopped.
Usage examples:
Their footsteps echoed on the metal catwalks

proper noun
A nymph deprived of speech by hera in order to stop her chatter, and left able only to repeat what others had said.

Echo - all meanings in English

imitate

verb
Take or follow as a model.
Usage examples:
His style was imitated by many other writers

verb
Reproduce someone's behavior or looks

verb
To copy someone’s speech or behavior, or to copy something as a model
Usage examples:
My four-year-old daughter is always trying to imitate her older sister., he imitated her accent per…

Imitate - all meanings in English

mimic

verb
Imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule.
Usage examples:
She mimicked eileen's pedantic voice

noun
A person skilled in imitating the voice or actions of others in an entertaining way.
Usage examples:
He has great ability as a mimic

adjective
Imitative of something.
Usage examples:
They were waging mimic war

Mimic - all meanings in English

mock

verb
Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
Usage examples:
Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective
Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive.
Usage examples:
A mock-georgian red brick house

noun
Make a replica or imitation of something.

Mock - all meanings in English

monkey

noun
A small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.
Usage examples:
It was a place where you can see wild monkeys living in the trees.

verb
Behave in a silly or playful way.
Usage examples:
I saw them monkeying about by the shop

noun
Any of various long-tailed primates

Monkey - all meanings in English

parody

noun
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
Usage examples:
The film is a parody of the horror genre

verb
Produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).
Usage examples:
His speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction

noun
A piece of writing or music that copies the style of a serious piece in a way that is intentionally humorous
Usage examples:
[ c ] brando did a parody of the character he played in "the godfather.", downey started the show b…

Parody - all meanings in English

parrot

noun
A bird, often vividly coloured, with a short downcurved hooked bill, grasping feet, and a raucous voice, found especially in the tropics and feeding on fruits and seeds. many are popular as cage birds, and some are able to mimic the human voice.
Usage examples:
It's been observed in many other bird species besides parrots and macaws, as well as elephants, mac…

verb
Repeat mechanically.
Usage examples:
Encouraging students to parrot back information

noun
A tropical bird with a curved beak and usually colorful feathers, some of which can be taught to repeat words
Usage examples:
She just parrots anything he says.

Parrot - all meanings in English

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