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STARGAZE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
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:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
stargazer (someone indifferent to the busy world)
Sense 2
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:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
stargazer (a physicist who studies astronomy)
stargazing (observation of the stars)
