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dream D0385400 (drēm)n.1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.2. A daydream; a reverie.3. A state of abstraction; a trance: wandering around in a dream.4. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.5. A wild fancy or unrealistic hope: He knew that playing for a professional team was only a dream.6. Informal One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Her boyfriend is a dream.v. dreamed or dreamt (drĕmt), dream·ing, dreams v.intr.1. To experience a dream in sleep: dreamed of meeting an old friend.2. To daydream: sat there dreaming during class.3. To have a deep aspiration or hope: dreaming of a world at peace.4. To regard something as feasible or practical: I wouldn't dream of skiing on icy slopes.v.tr.1. To experience a dream of while asleep: Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?2. To conceive as possible; imagine: We never dreamed it would snow so much.3. To have as an aspiration or hope: She dreams that she will become a pilot.4. To pass (time) idly or in reverie.Phrasal Verbs: dream on Informal Used in the imperative to indicate that a statement or suggestion is improbable or unrealistic. dream up To invent; concoct: dreamed up a plan to corner the market.
[Middle English drem, from Old English drēam, joy, music; akin to Old Saxon drōm, mirth, dream.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  dreaming - imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"dreamimagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery - absentminded dreaming while awakewoolgathering - an idle indulgence in fantasy | | 2. |  dreaming - a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"dreamsleeping - the state of being asleepimagery, imaging, mental imagery, imagination - the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"nightmare - a terrifying or deeply upsetting dreamwet dream - an erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semen |
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DreamingAlicedreams of falling down a rabbit-hole and experiencing strange adventures. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]Caedmon7th-century English religious poet supposed to have heard his verses in a dream. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 156]Calpurniadreams that a statue of Julius Caesar is spouting blood from a hundred wounds. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Julius Caesar]Finnegan’s WakeJoyce novel based around the dreams and nightmares of H. C. Earwicker. [Br. Lit.: Joyce Finnegans Wake]Ibbetson, Peterlearns how to “dream true” and return to the scenes of childhood and the times of his ancestors. [Br. Lit. & Am. Opera: G. duMaurier Peter Ibbetson in Magill I, 736]“Kubla Khan”poem supposedly composed by Coleridge from an opium dream. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 555]Little Nemodreams every night of Slumberland, a place of story-book palaces and fairy-tale landscapes. [Comics: Horn, 458]Morpheusgod of dreams. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 688]Pharaohhad dreams of cattle and corn by which Joseph was able to foretell the future. [O.T.: Genesis 41]Pilgrim’s Progress, TheBunyan dreamed this allegory of Christian’s adventures while in prison. [Br. Lit.: Bunyan Pilgrim’s Progress]Quixote, Donfalls into a trance and has visions of Montesinos and other heroes. [Sp. Lit.: Cervantes Don Quixote]Under Milk Woodthe commonplace inhabitants of a Welsh village voice their dreams. [Br. Drama: Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood in Magill IV, 1247]dreaming
dreaming The subjective experience of partial consciousness during sleep. Dreaming occurs during periods of apparently light sleep, when the eyes move rapidly beneath the lids. This is called REM (rapid eye movement) sleep.dreaming
Related to dreaming: Lucid DreamingSynonyms for dreamingnoun imaginative thoughts indulged in while awakeSynonymsRelated Words- imagination
- imaginativeness
- vision
- air castle
- castle in Spain
- castle in the air
- daydream
- daydreaming
- oneirism
- reverie
- revery
- woolgathering
noun a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleepSynonymsRelated Words- sleeping
- imagery
- imaging
- mental imagery
- imagination
- nightmare
- wet dream
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