dream up

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 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 of idealise, idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue

Translations

? dream up

vt sep (inf) idea → sich (dat) → einfallen lassen or ausdenken; where did you dream that up? → wie bist du denn bloß darauf gekommen?