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Noun: dream  dreem
  1. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
    "I had a dream about you last night";
    - dreaming
     
  2. Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
    "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality";
    - dreaming
     
  3. A cherished desire
    "his dream is to own his own business";
    - ambition, aspiration
     
  4. Someone or something wonderful
    "this dessert is a dream"
     
  5. A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
    "he went about his work as if in a dream"
     
  6. An unrealistic or fanciful hope, wish, or plan
    "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe";
    - pipe dream
Verb: dream (dreamt, also dreamed)  dreem
  1. Experience while sleeping
    "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"
     
  2. Engage in aimless daydreaming or idle thinking
    "He often dreams during boring meetings";
    - daydream, woolgather, stargaze

Derived forms: dreams, dreaming, dreamt

Type of: comprehend, conceive of, desire, envisage, fantasy, flawlessness, ideate [informal], imagery, imagination, imaginativeness, imagine, imaging, mental imagery, ne plus ultra, perceive, perfection, phantasy [archaic], reverie, revery, vision

Part of: sleeping

Encyclopedia: Dream, Fulfilled