dream

dream  (drm)

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.

4. A wild fancy or hope.

5. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.

6. One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.

v. dreamed or dreamt (drmt), dream·ing, dreams

v.intr.

1. To experience a dream in sleep: dreamed of meeting an old friend.

2. To daydream.

3. To have a deep aspiration: dreaming of a world at peace.

4. To regard something as feasible or practical: I wouldn't dream of trick 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 of; imagine.

3. 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.

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[Middle English drem, from Old English dram, joy, music; akin to Old Saxon drm, mirth, dream.]

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dream

Noun

1. an imagined series of events experienced in the mind while asleep

2. a daydream: the dream of success turning into a nightmare

3. a goal or aim: Unity has been their constant dream

4. a wonderful person or thing: her house is a dream

Verb

[dreaming, dreamed] or dreamt

1. to experience (a dream)

2. to indulge in daydreams

3. to be unrealistic: you're dreaming if you think we can win

4. dream of to consider the possibility of: she would not dream of taking his advice

5. dream of or about to have an image of or fantasy about: they often dream about what life will be like for them on the outside

Adjective

beautiful or pleasing: a dream kitchen [Old English drēam song]

dreamer n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dream - a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" dreaming sleeping - the state of being asleep imagery, 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 dream wet dream - an erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semen
	2.	dream - imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" dreaming imagination, 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 awake woolgathering - an idle indulgence in fantasy
	3.	dream - a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business" ambition, aspiration desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state American Dream - the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did emulation - ambition to equal or excel nationalism - the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination
	4.	dream - a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" pipe dream fantasy, phantasy - imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
	5.	dream - a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream" revery, reverie - an abstracted state of absorption
	6.	dream - someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream" flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection - the state of being without a flaw or defect
Verb	1.	dream - have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy daydream, woolgather, stargaze conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" dream up, think up, hatch, concoct, think of - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
	2.	dream - experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene" perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

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dream

noun 1. vision, illusion, delusion, hallucination, reverie

noun 2. ambition, wish, fantasy, desire, Holy Grail (informal) pipe dream

noun 3. daydream,

noun 4. delight, pleasure, joy, beauty, treasure, gem, marvel, pearler Austral. (slang) beaut Austral., N.Z. (slang)

verb 5. have dreams, hallucinate

verb 6. daydream, stargaze, build castles in the air or in Spain

dream of something or someone daydream about, fantasize about

dream something up invent, create, imagine, devise, hatch, contrive, concoct, think up, cook up (informal) spin

Translations

dream [driːm] n → sueño

vt, vi [pt, pp dreamed or dreamt] [drɛmt] → soñar;

to have a dream about sb/sth → soñar con algn/algo;

sweet dreams! → ¡que sueñes con los angelitos!

dream up vt [+ reason, excuse] → inventar [+ plan, idea]; idear

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dream [driːm] n → rêve m

vt, vi [dreamed or dreamt , pt , pp ] [drɛmt] → rêver;

to have a dream about sb/sth → rêver à qn/qch;

sweet dreams! → faites de beaux rêves!

dream up vt → inventer

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dream [driːm] [dreamed or dreamt , pt, pp ] n → Traum m

vt, vi → träumen;

to have a dream about sb/sth → von jdm/etw träumen;

sweet dreams! → träume süß!

dream up dream vt → sich dat einfallen lassen, sich dat ausdenken

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dream [driːm] n → sogno

vt, vi [pt dreamed or dreamt, pp ] [drɛmt] → sognare;

to have a dream about sb/sth → fare un sogno su qn/qc;

sweet dreams! → sogni d'oro!

dream up vt [+ reason, excuse] → inventare [+ plan, idea]; escogitare