STARGAZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

Synonyms:

daydream; dream; stargaze; woolgather

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "stargaze" is one way to...):

conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

stargazer (someone indifferent to the busy world)

Meaning:

Observe the stars

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "stargaze" is one way to...):

gaze; stare (look at with fixed eyes)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

stargazer (a physicist who studies astronomy)

stargazing (observation of the stars)