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Dream

Dream Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dream? [n] a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" [n] a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream" [n] a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" [n] imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" [n] a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business" [n] someone of something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream" [v] have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy [v] experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dream: ambition \| aspiration \| daydream \| dreaming \| pipe dream \| stargaze \| woolgather Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dream: absence of mind \| absentmindedness \| absorption \| abstractedness \| abstraction \| ace \| ache \| airy hope \| airy nothing \| aspiration \| assume \| autism \| bad dream \| bathing beauty \| be absent \| be afraid \| beau ideal \| beaut \| beauty \| beauty contest winner \| beauty queen \| believe \| belle \| bemusement \| brown study \| bubble \| bunny \| castle-building \| charmer \| chimera \| conceive \| conclude \| conjure up \| consider \| corker \| cover girl \| crackerjack \| crave \| daisy \| dandy \| darb \| daresay \| daydream \| daydreamer \| daydreaming \| dazzler \| deception \| deduce \| deem \| delirium tremens \| deluded belief \| delusion \| depth of thought \| dereism \| dilly \| divagate \| divine \| dream of \| dream vision \| dreaming \| dreamland \| dreamworld \| enchantress \| engrossment \| expect \| false belief \| fancy \| fantasy \| fantasying \| feel \| fit of abstraction \| flight of fancy \| freak out \| gather \| go woolgathering \| golden dream \| grant \| great beauty \| hallucinate \| hallucination \| hallucinosis \| hanker \| high goal \| honey \| humdinger \| hunger \| idealism \| ideals \| ignis fatuus \| illusion \| imagine \| incubus \| infer \| killer-diller \| knockout \| lady fair \| let \| let be \| lollapaloosa \| looker \| lulu \| lust \| mind-expansion \| mirage \| misbelief \| misconception \| Miss America \| model \| moon \| mooning \| moonraking \| muse \| musefulness \| musing \| muted ecstasy \| nightmare \| opine \| paragon \| peach \| phantasm \| pine \| pinup \| pinup girl \| pip \| pipe \| pipe dream \| pipe-dream \| pipe-dreaming \| pippin \| prefigure \| preoccupation \| presume \| presuppose \| presurmise \| provisionally accept \| pussycat \| quixotic ideal \| rainbow \| raving beauty \| reaching high \| reckon \| reigning beauty \| repute \| reverie \| say \| self-deceit \| self-deception \| self-delusion \| sex kitten \| sigh \| slick chick \| speculation \| stargaze \| stargazing \| stray \| study \| stunner \| suppose \| surmise \| suspect \| sweetheart \| take \| take for \| take for granted \| take it \| think \| thirst \| trance \| trick \| trip \| tripping \| understand \| unreal hope \| upward looking \| utopia \| vapor \| vision \| Walter Mitty \| wander \| whiz \| woolgathering \| wrong impression See Also \| air castle \| American Dream \| castle in Spain \| castle in the air \| catch some Z's \| comprehend \| conceive of \| concoct \| daydream \| daydreaming \| desire \| dream up \| emulation \| envisage \| fantasy \| flawlessness \| hatch \| ideate \| imagery \| imagination \| imaginativeness \| imagine \| imaging \| kip \| log Z's \| mental imagery \| nationalism \| ne plus ultra \| nightmare \| oneirism \| perceive \| perfection \| phantasy \| reverie \| revery \| sleep \| sleeping \| slumber \| think of \| think up \| vision \| wet dream \| woolgathering Dream In Webster's Dictionary \Dream\ (dr[=e]m), n. [Akin to OS. dr[=o]m, D. droom, G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dr["o]m; cf. G. tr["u]gen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dre['a]m joy, gladness, and OS. dr[=o]m joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr. qry^los noise.] 1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision. Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. --Dryden. I had a dream which was not all a dream. --Byron. 2. 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; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth. There sober thought pursued the amusing theme, Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream. --Pope. It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose. --J. C. Shairp. \Dream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dreamed}or {Dreamt} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dreaming}.] [Cf. AS. dr?man, dr?man, to rejoice. See {Dream}, n.] 1. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend. 2. 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. Here may we sit and dream Over the heavenly theme. --Keble. They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting. --Locke. \Dream\, v. t. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause. Your old men shall dream dreams. --Acts ii. 17. At length in sleep their bodies they compose, And dreamt the future fight. --Dryden. And still they dream that they shall still succeed. --Cowper. {To dream} {away, out, through}, etc., to pass in revery or inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an hour; to dream through life. `` Why does Antony dream out his hours?'' --Dryden.

Dream Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dream?

[n] a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"
[n] a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"
[n] a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"
[n] imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
[n] a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"
[n] someone of something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream"
[v] have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
[v] experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"

Dream In Webster's Dictionary

\Dream\ (dr[=e]m), n. [Akin to OS. dr[=o]m, D. droom, G.
traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dr["o]m; cf. G. tr["u]gen to
deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dre['a]m
joy, gladness, and OS. dr[=o]m joy are, perh., different
words; cf. Gr. qry^los noise.]
1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary
   transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a
   sleeping vision.

         Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes.
                                               --Dryden.

         I had a dream which was not all a dream. --Byron.

2. 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; as, a dream
   of bliss; the dream of his youth.

         There sober thought pursued the amusing theme, Till
         Fancy colored it and formed a dream.  --Pope.

         It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim
         which they propose.                   --J. C.
                                               Shairp.


\Dream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dreamed}or {Dreamt} (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Dreaming}.] [Cf. AS. dr?man, dr?man, to
rejoice. See {Dream}, n.]
1. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of
   sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of;
   as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.

2. 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.

         Here may we sit and dream Over the heavenly theme.
                                               --Keble.

         They dream on in a constant course of reading, but
         not digesting.                        --Locke.


\Dream\, v. t.
To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or
in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

      Your old men shall dream dreams.         --Acts ii. 17.

      At length in sleep their bodies they compose, And
      dreamt the future fight.                 --Dryden.

      And still they dream that they shall still succeed.
                                               --Cowper.

{To dream} {away, out, through}, etc., to pass in revery or
   inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an
   hour; to dream through life. `` Why does Antony dream out
   his hours?'' --Dryden.

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