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MIMEOGRAPH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)
Synonyms:
mimeo; mimeograph; mimeograph machine; Roneo; Roneograph
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mimeograph" is a kind of...):
copier; duplicator (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)
Derivation:
mimeograph (print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mimeograph ... he / she / it mimeographs
Past simple: mimeographed
-ing form: mimeographing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph
Example:
She mimeographed the syllabus
Synonyms:
mimeo; mimeograph
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "mimeograph" is one way to...):
copy; re-create (make a replica of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
mimeograph (a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo))