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)