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Dream

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Noun

1. dream, dreaming

a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

Example Sentences:
'I had a dream about you last night'

2. dream, dreaming

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

Example Sentences:
'he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality'

3. ambition, aspiration, dream

a cherished desire

Example Sentences:
'his ambition is to own his own business'

4. dream, pipe dream

a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

Example Sentences:
'I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe'

5. dream

a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality

Example Sentences:
'he went about his work as if in a dream'

6. dream

someone or something wonderful

Example Sentences:
'this dessert is a dream'

Verb

7. daydream, dream, stargaze, woolgather

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

8. dream

experience while sleeping

Example Sentences:
'She claims to never dream'
'He dreamt a strange scene'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dream

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adjective
13. 
too good to be true; ideal
dream kitchen
noun
1. 
a. 
mental activity, usually in the form of an imagined series of events, occurring during certain phases of sleep
b. 
(as modifier)
a dream sequence
c. 
(in combination)
dreamland
▶ Related adjective: oneiric
2. 
a. 
a sequence of imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; daydream; fantasy
b. 
(as modifier)
a dream world
3. 
a person or thing seen or occurring in a dream
4. 
a cherished hope; ambition; aspiration
5. 
a vain hope
6. 
a person or thing that is as pleasant, or seemingly unreal, as a dream
7.  go like a dream
verbWord forms: dreams, dreaming, dreamed or dreamt (drɛmt )
8. (may take a clause as object)
to undergo or experience (a dream or dreams)
9. (intransitive)
to indulge in daydreams
10. (intransitive)
to suffer delusions; be unrealistic
you're dreaming if you think you can win
11. (when intr, foll by of or about)
to have an image (of) or fantasy (about) in or as if in a dream
12. (intransitive; foll by of)
to consider the possibility (of)
I wouldn't dream of troubling you

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Dream

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noun
1. 
a sequence of sensations, images, thoughts, etc. passing through a sleeping person's mind
2. 
a fanciful vision of the conscious mind; daydream; fantasy; reverie
3. 
the state, as of abstraction or reverie, in which such a daydream occurs
4. 
a fond hope or aspiration
5. 
anything so lovely, charming, transitory, etc. as to seem dreamlike
verb intransitiveWord forms: dreamed or dreamt (drɛmt ; dremt), ˈdreaming
6. 
to have a dream or dreams
7. 
to have daydreams
8. 
to think (of) as at all possible, desirable, etc.
I wouldn't dream of going
verb transitive
9. 
a. 
to have (a dream or dreams)
b. 
to have a dream of
10. 
to spend in dreaming
with away or out
11. 
to imagine as possible; fancy; suppose
adjective
12. 
that realizes one's fondest hopes; ideal
her dream house

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dream

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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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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