dream

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

2. 2noun

   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.

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5transitive verb

   To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

6. 6noun

   a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

   "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"

7. 7noun

   a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality

   "he went about his work as if in a dream"

8. 8noun

   a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

   "I had a dream about you last night"

   Synonyms

   dreaming
9. 9noun

   imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

   "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"

   Synonyms

   dreaming
10. 10noun

    a cherished desire

    "his ambition is to own his own business"

    Synonyms

    ambitionaspiration
11. 11noun

    someone or something wonderful

    "this dessert is a dream"

12. 12verb

    have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

    Synonyms

    daydreamstargazewoolgather
13. 13verb

    experience while sleeping

    "She claims to never dream"

    "He dreamt a strange scene"