ENGLISH: fancy - CREOLE: anpenpan



Overview of noun fancy



The noun fancy has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (1) illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy -- (something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy")

2. (1) fancy -- (a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination)

3. fondness, fancy, partiality -- (a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey")



Overview of verb fancy



The verb fancy has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (3) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image -- (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy")

2. (1) fancy, go for, take to -- (have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window")



Overview of adj fancy



The adj fancy has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (3) fancy -- (not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes")

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