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He's been through the mill and knows what to expect. 4
run-of-the-mill. average, unexceptional, ordinary, common,
unremarkable, everyday, basic, simple, Brit common-or-garden
variety, US garden-variety: Critics found her voice pleasant
but rather run-of-the-mill.
--v. 5 grind, crush, comminute, powder, pulverize, grate,
granulate, pound, triturate, masticate, bray; crunch, mince:
Flour milled to a very fine consistency is more suitable for
pastries than for breads. 6 mill about or around. meander,
wander, walk, stroll, amble, move about or around, crowd,
throng, swarm: There were quite a few people milling about our
stand at the trade fair.
mimic v. 1 imitate, ape, copy, simulate, mirror, echo: The image in
the mirror mimicked every move I made. 2 reproduce, duplicate,
copy: This frieze mimics one on the Parthenon. 3 mock,
ridicule, satirize, caricature, parody, make fun of, lampoon,
impersonate, Colloq take off: It is rude to mimic your elders.
--n. 4 impersonator, imitator, impressionist, caricaturist,
parodist, Colloq copycat: Professor Eidolon, the greatest mimic
in the world, is here to entertain you!
--adj. 5 imitative, imitation, mock, simulated, mimetic, sham,
make-believe, pretend(ed); fake, counterfeit, feigned:
Naumachia is the name given to the mimic sea battle staged in
ancient Rome.
mincing adj. effeminate, dainty, delicate, niminy-piminy, foppish,
dandyish, over-dainty, affected, put-on, pretentious, precious,
Brit twee, Colloq la-di-da or lah-di-dah or la-de-da: His
mincing speech sets my teeth on edge.
mind n. 1 intelligence, intellect, wit, wits, mentality, brain,
brains, brainpower, sense, sagacity, wisdom, perception,
percipience, reason, astuteness, insight, shrewdness, sapience,
Colloq grey matter: There is nothing wrong with your son's
mind, Mr Field; he just doesn't want to apply it to school work.
2 memory, recollection; remembrance: Keep in mind what I am
about to tell you. 3 aptitude, head, perception, capacity,
brain: She has a great mind for dates - for figures of all
kinds. 4 intellect, intellectual, sage, genius, thinker, Colloq