ape

n. குரங்கு, வாலில்லாக்குரங்கினம், பிறரைக்கண்மூடித்தனமாய்ப் பின்பற்றுபவர், பிறர்போல் நடிப்பவர்,(வினை.) பிறரைக் கண்மூடிப் பின்பற்று, பிறர்போல் நடி.

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Synonyms

#verb mimic, imitate, simulate, personate, represent

Antonyms

#verb not_to_imitate, vary, modify, change

Ape, n. Etym: [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes. Note: The ape of the Old Testament was prqobably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms. 2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. Byron. 3. A dupe. [Obs.] Chaucer. Ape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aped; p. pr. & vb. n. Aping.] Defn: To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. "How he apes his sire." Addison. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke.

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