fancy
/ˈfæn.si/ verb B1- To appreciate without jealousy or greed. · I fancy your new car, but I like my old one just fine.
- To imagine, suppose. · [dated] I fancy you'll want something to drink after your long journey.· I fancy this is an error.
- To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
- To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- To breed (animals) as a hobby.
He/she/it fancies · Past fancied · Past participle fancied · -ing form fancying
Verb forms
- Base form
- fancy
- He/she/it
- fancies
- Past
- fancied
- Past participle
- fancied
- -ing form
- fancying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I wonder what I should be like then?” And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
And yet I wish I could show you our cat Dinah: I think you’d take a fancy to cats if you could only see her.
I suppose Dinah’ll be sending me on messages next!” And she began fancying the sort of thing that would happen: “‘Miss Alice!
When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!
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