daydream

«daydream» in Mova's school dictionary: Pleasant thoughts you have while awake that take your… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a daydream, daydreams); verb (daydream, daydreams, daydreamed or daydreamt, daydreaming)

meaning for a pupil

1) Pleasant thoughts you have while awake that take your mind away from what is around you: lost in a daydream. tree →

2) (verb) To think about pleasant things instead of what you should be doing: stop daydreaming and listen. tree →

3) A wish or plan that is not likely to come true. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, teachers may say "Stop daydreaming!" when a pupil is not listening; in stories, daydreams show what a character wishes for. Daydreaming can also help creativity. Phrases: lost in a daydream, daydream about, stop daydreaming.

examples

• I was daydreaming about the holidays and missed the question. tree →
• She stared out of the window, lost in a daydream. tree →
• He daydreams about being a famous footballer. tree →
• Stop daydreaming and finish your maths! tree →
• Daydreams can give you ideas for stories. tree →
• Don't daydream while crossing the road — look and listen. tree →

note

One word. Past: daydreamed or daydreamt. The person is a daydreamer. In safety: daydreaming near roads is dangerous; stay alert.

In the corpora

• "Vivid imagination" on a report can mean the pupil tells fibs or daydreams.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «daydream» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.