DREAM

dream

(noun) a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; “he went about his work as if in a dream”

dream, dreaming

(noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; “I had a dream about you last night”

dream, dreaming

(noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; “he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality”

ambition, aspiration, dream

(noun) a cherished desire; “his ambition is to own his own business”

dream

(noun) someone or something wonderful; “this dessert is a dream”

dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze

(verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

dream

(verb) experience while sleeping; “She claims to never dream”; “He dreamt a strange scene”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

dream (plural dreams)

Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

Synonym: sweven (archaic)

Hyponym: nightmare

(figurative) A hope or wish.

A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.

Synonym: vision

Verb

dream (third-person singular simple present dreams, present participle dreaming, simple past and past participle dreamt or dreamed)

(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.

(intransitive) To hope, to wish.

(intransitive) To daydream.

(transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).

(intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).

Usage notes

• "Dreamt" is less common than "dreamed" in both US and UK English in current usage, though somewhat more prevalent in the UK than in the US.

Adjective

dream (not comparable)

Ideal; perfect.

Anagrams

• -derma, Mader, ad rem, armed, dearm, derma, derma-, m'dear, medar, ramed, redam

Source: Wiktionary

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Dream, n. Etym: [Akin to OS. dr, D. droom, G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dröm; cf. G. trügen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dreám joy, gladness, and OS. dr joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr.

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.] Etym: [Cf. AS. dr, dr, 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.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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