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- A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
- an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- (glassblowing, countable) The support that protects a finished piece as it is detached from a punty.
- (mining, countable) A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
- (countable) A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
- An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
- the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
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verb
noun
noun
- Imagination; fancy.
- (mathematics, countable) An imaginary number.
- (sociology) The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.
- (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
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verb
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- Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
- Experiencing romantic attraction.
- Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.
- (chiefly historical) Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.
- Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
- Alternative letter-case form of Romantic
- expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
- not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
- belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
noun
noun
- an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- a general inclusive concept
- A sentiment; an opinion.
- Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- (colloquial) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
- (Ireland, colloquial, in the plural) Pretentiousness or overambition.
- (colloquial) Inclination; intention; predisposition; disposition.
- Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
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verb
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- Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
- A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
- A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
- Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.
- The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
- a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
verb
- (transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.
- (intransitive or reporting verb, figuratively) To express or feel great anger.
- (intransitive) To pass off in fumes or vapours.
- (intransitive) To emit fumes.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
- (transitive) To apply or offer incense to.
- emit a cloud of fine particles
- be mad, angry, or furious
- treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
- be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
adj
- produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
- Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
- being or relating to or like a chimera
- (vision, of a perceived color) Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or luminosity, but viewable by overlaying an afterimage and a suitably-colored physical image.
- Of or pertaining to a chimera.
- (genetics) Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
- Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
noun
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
- (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
- (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- a cherished desire
- someone or something wonderful
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
- (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
- (intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
- (intransitive) To daydream.
- (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
- experience while sleeping
- have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
adj
noun
- (mythology) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.
- A legendary Chinese immortal.
- An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
- A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
- (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
- (derogatory) An effeminate man or boy.
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
noun
- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Imitation work.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
- Images in general, or en masse.
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- the ability to form mental images of things or events
verb
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
adv
noun
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
adj
noun
- (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
- The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
- Design; pattern.
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
- (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
- a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
- an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
- an artistic device or effect
- feelings of excessive pride
- the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
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adj
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- That which comes from one's imagination.
- A fantastical design.
- (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
- (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- something many people believe that is false
- imagination unrestricted by reality
- fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
verb
adj
verb
- (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
- (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- work out in detail
- produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
adj
- bizarre or fantastic
- foolish; totally unsound
- affected with madness or insanity
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- possessed by inordinate excitement
- Very excited or enthusiastic.
- Out of control.
- Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
- In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
- (informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
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- A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
- A diamond with a distinctive colour.
- The object of inclination or liking.
- The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
- In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
- Love or amorous attachment.
- An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
- An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
- A whim.
- That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
- The imagination.
- a predisposition to like something
- something many people believe that is false
- imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
verb
- (British) Would like; have a desire for.
- (transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
- (British, informal) To be sexually, aesthetically or romantically attracted to.
- To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
- (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
noun
noun
- A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
- an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- (glassblowing, countable) The support that protects a finished piece as it is detached from a punty.
- (mining, countable) A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
- (countable) A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
- An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
- the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
adj
verb
noun
noun
- Imagination; fancy.
- (mathematics, countable) An imaginary number.
- (sociology) The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.
- (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
adj
noun
- an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- a general inclusive concept
- A sentiment; an opinion.
- Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- (colloquial) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
- (Ireland, colloquial, in the plural) Pretentiousness or overambition.
- (colloquial) Inclination; intention; predisposition; disposition.
- Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
noun
verb
noun
- Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
- A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
- A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
- Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.
- The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
- a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
verb
- (transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.
- (intransitive or reporting verb, figuratively) To express or feel great anger.
- (intransitive) To pass off in fumes or vapours.
- (intransitive) To emit fumes.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
- (transitive) To apply or offer incense to.
- emit a cloud of fine particles
- be mad, angry, or furious
- treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
- be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
noun
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
- (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
- (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- a cherished desire
- someone or something wonderful
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
- (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
- (intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
- (intransitive) To daydream.
- (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
- experience while sleeping
- have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
noun
- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Imitation work.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
- Images in general, or en masse.
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- the ability to form mental images of things or events
noun
- (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
- The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
- Design; pattern.
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
- (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
- a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
- an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
- an artistic device or effect
- feelings of excessive pride
- the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
noun
- That which comes from one's imagination.
- A fantastical design.
- (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
- (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- something many people believe that is false
- imagination unrestricted by reality
- fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
verb
verb
adj
noun
noun
- A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
- an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- (glassblowing, countable) The support that protects a finished piece as it is detached from a punty.
- (mining, countable) A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
- (countable) A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
- An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
- the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
adj
verb
verb
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
adv
noun
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
adj
adv
adj
noun
- A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
- A diamond with a distinctive colour.
- The object of inclination or liking.
- The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
- In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
- Love or amorous attachment.
- An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
- An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
- A whim.
- That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
- The imagination.
- a predisposition to like something
- something many people believe that is false
- imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
verb
- (British) Would like; have a desire for.
- (transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
- (British, informal) To be sexually, aesthetically or romantically attracted to.
- To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
- (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
- Experiencing romantic attraction.
- Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.
- (chiefly historical) Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.
- Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
- Alternative letter-case form of Romantic
- expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
- not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
- belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
noun
noun
- A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
- an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- (glassblowing, countable) The support that protects a finished piece as it is detached from a punty.
- (mining, countable) A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
- (countable) A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
- An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
- the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
adj
verb
adj
- produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
- Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
- being or relating to or like a chimera
- (vision, of a perceived color) Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or luminosity, but viewable by overlaying an afterimage and a suitably-colored physical image.
- Of or pertaining to a chimera.
- (genetics) Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
- Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
adj
noun
- (mythology) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.
- A legendary Chinese immortal.
- An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
- A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
- (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
- (derogatory) An effeminate man or boy.
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
adj
noun
adj
verb
- (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
- (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- work out in detail
- produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
adj
- bizarre or fantastic
- foolish; totally unsound
- affected with madness or insanity
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- possessed by inordinate excitement
- Very excited or enthusiastic.
- Out of control.
- Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
- In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
- (informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.