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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.]dream up vb (tr, adverb) to invent by ingenuity and imagination: to dream up an excuse for leaving. Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | dream up - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"think up, hatch, concoct, think ofidealise, idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized"create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's handscook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue |
dreamnoun1. An illusory mental image:daydream, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, illusion, phantasm, phantasma, reverie, vision.2. A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire:bubble, castle in the air, chimera, fantasy, illusion, pipe dream, rainbow.3. A fervent hope, wish, or goal:aspiration, ideal.verb1. To experience dreams or daydreams:daydream, fantasize, muse, woolgather.2. To have a fervent hope or aspiration:aspire.Idioms: reach for the stars, set one's heart on.phrasal verb
dream upTo use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving:concoct, contrive, devise, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, think up.Informal: cook up.Idiom: come up with.Translationsdream (driːm) noun1. thoughts and pictures in the mind that come mostly during sleep. I had a terrible dream last night. 夢 梦2. a state of being completely occupied by one's own thoughts. Don't sit there in a dream! 夢想，出神 梦想，出神 3. something perfect or very beautiful. Your house is a dream! 夢想般完美或極美的事物 幻想4. an ambition or hope. It's my dream to win a Nobel Prize. 願望 愿望 verb – past tense, past participles dreamed, ~dreamt (dremt) – (sometimes with of) to see visions and pictures in the mind, especially when asleep. For years I dreamed of being a great artist; I dreamt last night that the house had burnt down. 做夢 做梦ˈdreamer noun a person who is often occupied with his thoughts. I'm afraid my son is a bit of a dreamer and not very practical. 空想家 空想家ˈdreamless adjective (of sleep) sound; not disturbed by dreams. 睡得很香的 睡得很香的，不做梦的 ˈdreamy adjective as if of a person who is not quite awake. a dreamy smile; She is too dreamy. 恍惚的 恍惚的ˈdreamily adverb 出神恍惚地 梦一般地ˈdreaminess noun 恍惚 空想dream up to invent. I'm sure she'll dream up some silly plan. 憑空虛構 凭空虚构dream up
dream upTo invent or imagine something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dream" and "up." No, Meredith used to flirt with me all the time—I didn't just dream up her romantic interest in me, I swear! I can't wait to hear the excuse you've dreamed up this time!See also: dream, updream something upFig. to invent something; to fabricate something. (The something can be the word something.) I don't know what to do, but I'll dream something up. Please dream up a solution for this problem.See also: dream, updream upInvent, concoct, as in Count on her to dream up some explanation for her absence. This expression replaced the somewhat earlier dream out. [c. 1940] See also: dream, updream upv. To concoct something, especially a plan or idea that is viewed as impractical: We dreamed up a plan to take over the company. They dreamed a plan up that would allow them to retire next year. What happens in the book is more magical than anything I could dream up. See also: dream, upEncyclopediaSeedreamdream up
Synonyms for dream upverb devise or inventSynonyms- think up
- hatch
- concoct
- think of
Related Words- idealise
- idealize
- create by mental act
- create mentally
- cook up
- fabricate
- invent
- manufacture
- make up
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