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wool-gather

wool-gather verb: to daydream.

Verb

wool-gather (third-person singular simple present wool-gathers, present participle wool-gathering, simple past and past participle wool-gathered)

  1. To daydream.

Forms of wool-gather

third-person singular presentwool-gathers
present participlewool-gathering
past participlewool-gathered
pastwool-gathered
alternative formwoolgather

Origin of wool-gather

Back-formation from wool-gathering.

Questions about wool-gather

What does wool-gather mean?
Wool-gather means to daydream.
What part of speech is wool-gather?
Wool-gather is a verb.
What is the past tense of wool-gather?
The past tense of wool-gather is wool-gathered.

Words near wool-gather in the dictionary

  1. wool staplers
  2. wool wax
  3. Wool Wool
  4. wool-dyed
  5. wool-fat
  6. wool-gather
  7. wool-gathering
  8. wool-gatherings
  9. wool-headed
  10. wool-hole
  11. wool-holes

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