Dream

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
  • n. A daydream; a reverie.
  • n. A state of abstraction; a trance.
  • n. A wild fancy or hope.
  • n. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.
  • n. One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.
  • verb-intransitive. To experience a dream in sleep: dreamed of meeting an old friend.
  • verb-intransitive. To daydream.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a deep aspiration: dreaming of a world at peace.
  • verb-intransitive. To regard something as feasible or practical: I wouldn't dream of trick skiing on icy slopes.
  • v. To experience a dream of while asleep: Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?
  • v. To conceive of; imagine.
  • v. To pass (time) idly or in reverie.
  • phrasal-verb. dream on Informal Used in the imperative to indicate that a statement or suggestion is improbable or unrealistic.
  • phrasal-verb. dream up To invent; concoct: dreamed up a plan to corner the market.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
  • n. A hope or wish.
  • v. To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping
  • v. To hope, to wish
  • v. To daydream
  • v. to create an imaginary experience (usually when asleep)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
  • n. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness
  • verb-intransitive. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of.
  • verb-intransitive. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
  • v. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A succession of images or fantastic ideas present in the mind during sleep; the sleeping state in which such images occur.
  • n. That which is presented to the mind by the imaginative faculty, though not in sleep; a vision of the fancy, especially a wild or vain fancy.
  • To be partially, and with more or less confusion or incoherence, conscious of images and thoughts during sleep: with of before an object: as, to dream of a battle; to dream of an absent friend.
  • To think idly or dreamily; give way to visionary thought or speculation; indulge in reverie or waking visions.
  • To have indefinite thought or expectation; think of something as possible; conceive: with of: as, he little dreamed of his approaching fate.
  • To see or think in a dream; imagine in sleep.
  • To imagine as if in a dream; think about vainly, idly, or fancifully.
  • To suppose indefinitely; have a conception of or about; believe in a general way.
  • To pass in reverie or inaction; spend idly or fancifully: followed by away, out, or through: as, to dream, away one's life.
  • n. A noise, especially a joyful noise; jubilation; music.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cherished desire
  • v. have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
  • n. a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
  • n. someone or something wonderful
  • n. a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
  • v. experience while sleeping
  • n. a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
  • n. imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    dreamed    dreaming    dreams    dreamt   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    imagine    envisage    ideate    conceive of    revery    reverie    ne plus ultra    perfection    flawlessness    perceive   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    dreamt   
    Form
    dreamy    dreamcatcher    dreamboat    dreamscape    dream team    dreamland    daydream    dream on    dream up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    vagary    revery    imagine    somnial    somniative    sweven   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Diem    Hakeem    Ibrahim    Joachim    Rahim    Scheme    Sephardim    Supreme    agleam    beam   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    vision    memory    idea    beauty    story    fear    mystery    song    mind    reality