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pipe-dreaming

pipe-dreaming is the present participle and gerund of pipe-dream.

Meaning of pipe-dream

Verb

pipe-dream (third-person singular simple present pipe-dreams, present participle pipe-dreaming, simple past and past participle pipe-dreamed)

  1. (intransitive) To have a desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or to imagine a plan which is unlikely to work; to dream of a near impossibility.
    • Love is life sublime, / Ev'ry moment that I'm / Only wasting my time / Pipe dreaming of you, / Pipe dreaming of you, […]1946 April, Cole Porter, “Around the World in Eighty Days [Pipe Dreaming]”, in Robert Kimball, editor, The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter, New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, published 1992, →ISBN, page...

Questions about pipe-dreaming

What is pipe-dreaming the present participle and gerund of?
Pipe-dreaming is the present participle and gerund of pipe-dream.

Words near pipe-dreaming in the dictionary

  1. pipe-and-slippers
  2. pipe-bowl
  3. pipe-bowls
  4. pipe-dream
  5. pipe-dreamed
  6. pipe-dreaming
  7. pipe-dreams
  8. pipe-fish
  9. pipe-fishes
  10. pipe-hawk
  11. pipe-hitter

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