STARGAZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stargaze mean? 

• STARGAZE (verb)
  The verb STARGAZE has 2 senses:

1. observe the stars

2. have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

  Familiarity information: STARGAZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STARGAZE (verb)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

daydream; dream; stargaze; woolgather

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)