to daydream
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2.3
- verb
- /ˈdeɪˌdriːm/
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- While sitting in class, she often daydreams about her favorite books and characters.
And so baseball and a date, you can't Daydream and do baseball.
- And so baseball and a date, you can't Daydream and do baseball.
- I just daydreamed up four big bangs last week.
- Well, let me ask you, Rob, do you Daydream?
- And so that, you know, there, it's good to Daydream.
- I think that's the one thing that, you know, is detrimental to writers is we need time to Daydream and imagine.
- I do sit back and just Daydream sometimes, like down this shit could have went this way or this way.
- I have time to Daydream and my daydreams and my dreams are the first step.
- I do sit back and just Daydream sometimes like damn this shit could have went this way or this way type shit.
- Basic things like learning how to write by hand, but also broader skills like how to wait, how to be bored, how to Daydream.
- When you're at home and you're laying in bed or you're eating, then you can Daydream or you're writing a book, you know, but he's like, now pay attention now.
- And it's like, you know, even in my free time, I'm daydreaming about different things to, to create different ways to articulate messages.
- But the problem is, if you're daydreaming about yachts and bottles and massages and diamonds and fucking all this shit, then that's just what you're doing.
Examples
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Occasionally, during the long empty days, he stared at that picture and daydreamed of Bethesda as she used to be.
Fiction book (1994) -
This was also a big one because I felt like when I was at work, I was daydreaming about not being at work.
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Man, I used to come in here and daydream for hours.
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I often daydream about our family.
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There was no time to sit around and daydream about boys.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'd always daydream about who my parents were.
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I was just daydreaming, I guess.
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Do not interrupt me when I'm daydreaming!
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I think that's the one thing that, you know, is detrimental to writers is we need time to Daydream and imagine.
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One evening, Ann was resting on her mat in her hiding place, daydreaming.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
932
2.7
To think about pleasant things while you are awake
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2.7
To wish for something you want, often something unlikely to happen
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4.1
To picture something in your mind, often a possible future
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4.5
To imagine things that are not real because you want them
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7.4
To spend time thinking and not pay attention
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7.2
To daydream and not pay attention to what is around you
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6.4
To think about pleasant, unlikely things instead of paying attention
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9.9
To think about pleasant things instead of paying attention
How Distracted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Daydream comes from joining day 'time when you are awake' and dream 'a story in your mind', so to daydream is to have pleasant or wishful thoughts while you are awake.