fancy
/ˈfæn.si/ noun B1- The imagination.
- An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
- An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
- A whim. · I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.
- Love or amorous attachment.
- Liking. · He took a fancy to the goods in the window.
- The object of inclination or liking.
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group. · Trainspotting is the fancy of a special lot.· the cat fancy
Plural fancies
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.
Heads below!” (a loud crash)—“Now, who did that?—It was Bill, I fancy—Who’s to go down the chimney?—Nay, _I_ shan’t!
Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary way of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went on: “But why did they live at the bottom of a well?”
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