English
Verb
to space out
- idiom To stupefy, intoxicate, disorient, or lose attention or focus, especially by the use of drugs.
:It is easy to daydream (i.e. space out) when you try to read anything uninteresting, so this often does not bode well for college students who need to read large sections of insipid textbooks as part of a required assignment.
- To plant seedlings etc at regular intervals with a calculated space between them.
Derived terms
spaced-out
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