Meaning of daydream in English:
daydream
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noun
A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.
‘she was lost in a daydream’- ‘Em scanned the schoolyard with drooped eyelids in a pleasant daydream trying to find a liable distraction.’
- ‘Reluctantly stirring from her very pleasant daydreams, Hope looked upwards and found Frank Metcalfe smiling down at her.’
- ‘The booming of that door seemed to have woken me from a pleasant daydream, abruptly bringing cold reality back into sharp focus.’
- ‘My daydream distracted me and I jumped when I noticed Red plop down in front of me.’
- ‘Rard, jerked out of a pleasant daydream about Spooks, glared at the girls.’
- ‘He had been pondering his next move all the academic day, drifting off into daydreams instead of paying attention in class.’
- ‘Beth gets Cal's attention away from his daydream and tells him she wants the family to go to London for Christmas this year.’
- ‘How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there any danger of their coming true.’
- ‘Aim just sat there, still engrossed in her daydream with her muffin.’
- ‘In her daydream, she imagined being in an airplane.’
- ‘Echo left her daydreams and focused back to the present.’
- ‘It is, they imagine, a place they'll only visit in their daydreams.’
- ‘A sweeping glance confirmed that no one needed my attention, and I returned to my daydreams.’
- ‘I must look as though I'm stuck in a daydream, because Lake taps the desk to get my attention.’
- ‘Someone's presence next to their table startled him from gold-laden daydreams and back into reality.’
- ‘Her daydreams had no problems in them; they were daydreams after all.’
- ‘For the rest of the class she stared absent-mindedly at the clock, lost in a daydream.’
- ‘With a sigh she turned her attentions inward once again, back to her own daydream.’
- ‘She smiled at her daydream hoping that things worked out exactly the way she imagined.’
- ‘As happens in daydreams, there is a happy ending.’
reverie, trance, fantasy, vision, fancy, hallucination, musing, brown study, imaginingdream, pipe dream, fantasy, figment of the imagination, unrealizable dream, castle in the air, castle in SpainView synonyms
verb
[no object]Indulge in a daydream.
‘stop daydreaming and pay attention’- ‘When he was 11, his teachers had to tell him to stop daydreaming about acting all the time and work harder at his studies.’
- ‘It didn't stop her from daydreaming though, that she could be the girl to help him love again.’
- ‘Even so, she had never stopped wistfully daydreaming about what could have been, of the life she could have lived on Lothos.’
- ‘She stopped daydreaming and realized she had about ten minutes left to get to the captain.’
- ‘Now they have lunch with each other, daydreaming like children about new lives as inventors, explorers and sportsmen.’
- ‘In one, as yet unnamed piece, a woman sits languidly daydreaming, her leg dangling over John's fireplace.’
- ‘I'd been daydreaming about it all week, and it was every bit as good as it always is.’
- ‘Some were noisy, some were listening intently, and one seemed to be daydreaming.’
- ‘Although Ayman was an excellent student, he often seemed to be daydreaming in class.’
- ‘The truth of it is I'd rather be out in the fresh air on a lovely day, daydreaming in the sun.’
- ‘In fact, just this morning, I organized a desk drawer, did two loads of clothes, emptied the dishwasher and daydreamed about Dayton in March.’
- ‘I can't remember the last time I looked out the window, or daydreamed as I worked on my computer.’
- ‘I was never the kind of girl who daydreamed about married bliss anyway; I didn't have any model for that kind of thing.’
- ‘Have you ever daydreamed about how you would spend your money if you were one of the richest people in the world?’
- ‘She closed her eyes and started daydreaming about Kyle and wondering if he would be at the party.’
- ‘She was daydreaming about her school back in California and what her friends were doing right then.’
- ‘Everyone said I was far too quiet, like I was always lost in my own world, daydreaming.’
- ‘She was back at her home, daydreaming again when she was supposed to be practicing her flute.’
- ‘She was still daydreaming when a loud rap at the wooden door shook her violently from her musings.’
- ‘How many times have you sat in your office, daydreaming about being on your boat instead of at work?’
dream, muse, be lost in thought, be in a brown study, stare into space, hallucinateView synonyms
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