emulates

VERB

copy the actions of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

follow suit imitate mimic mirror

STRONG

challenge compete contend ditto do follow outvie rival

WEAK

compete with contend with do like follow in footsteps follow the example of go like make like pattern after rivalize take after vie with

Antonyms

STRONG

neglect

Example Sentences

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She was probably full of smells; and Dennison was ready to wager that in a moderate sea her rivets and bedplates whined, and that the pump never rested.

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

Nelson, by Mr. A. C. Kirk, of Glasgow, and in the beautifully designed engines by Mr. Thornycroft, in place of the massive cast-iron bedplates and columns of the ordinary engines of commerce.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various

To these bedplates are affixed the standards by means of bolts and keys.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various