1. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
   "Her dreaming was filled with flying sequences";
   - dream
    
2. Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
   "She spent the afternoon dreaming about her future travels";
   - dream

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: dreamings

Type of: comprehend, conceive of, envisage, ideate [informal], imagery, imagination, imaginativeness, imagine, imaging, mental imagery, perceive, vision

Part of: sleeping

Encyclopedia: Dreaming