| 单词 | dream something up |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to formulate in the imagination I dreamed up a plan. Synonyms invent He invented the first electric clock. create He's creating a whole new language of painting. imagine He could not imagine a more peaceful scene. devise We devised a scheme to help him. hatch They hatched a plot to get their own back. contrive The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases. concoct He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. think up cook up (informal) spin She had spun a story that was too good to be true. Additional synonymsin the sense of concoct Definition to invent or make up (a story or plan) He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. Synonyms make up, design, prepare, manufacture, plot, invent, devise, brew, hatch, formulate, contrive, fabricate, think up, cook up (informal), trump up, projectin the sense of contrive Definition to devise or construct ingeniously The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases. Synonyms devise, plan, fabricate, create, design, scheme, engineer, frame, manufacture, plot, construct, invent, improvise, concoct, wangle (informal), effect, bring about, hit upon in the sense of create Definition to cause to come into existence He's creating a whole new language of painting. Synonyms make, form, produce, develop, design, generate, invent, coin, compose, devise, initiate, hatch, originate, formulate, give birth to, spawn, dream up (informal), concoct, beget, give life to, bring into being or existence Nearby words of |
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