intransitive. To indulge in fantasies or reveries; to daydream about something. Now chiefly: to have a vision of the future; to hope or long for…

intransitive. ? To muse, be in a reverie. Obsolete.

intransitive. (a) To fall into, or be in, an abstracted or absent state of mind; to muse. (b) To be in the dumps; to be sad or downcast in spirit.

In figurative phrase to go (run, be) wool-gathering, formerly always a (or †on,†of) wool-gathering: to indulge in wandering fancies or purposeless…

Phrases and proverbial sayings. (a) against the wool: contrary to the direction in which wool naturally lies, the wrong way. (b) to draw (pull, †spr…

intransitive. To daydream.

intransitive. To indulge in reveries, daydream; = reverie, v. 1.

intransitive to indulge in unrealistic dreams, plans, or expectations; also transitive to instil with a tendency to behave in this way.

transitive (reflexive). With into, to. To imagine oneself in another place, time period, etc., as part of a daydream.

intransitive. To daydream; to be distracted or preoccupied. Chiefly in present participle.