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DREAM UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Devise or invent
Example:
no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Synonyms:
concoct; dream up; hatch; think of; think up
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "dream up" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dream up"):
idealise; idealize (form ideals)
cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (concoct something artificial or untrue)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he dream up his major works over a short period of time?
