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NOUN | 1 | dream, dreaming | A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep |
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2 | dream, ambition, aspiration | A cherished desire | |
3 | dream, dreaming | Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | |
4 | dream, pipe dream | A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) | |
5 | dream | A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality | |
6 | dream | Someone of something wonderful | |
VERB | 1 | dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze | Have a daydream |
2 | dream | Experience while sleeping |
Sounds | driy'm |
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Rhymes | academe, agleam, beam, and 35 more rhymes in iym at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep. |
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Examples | "I had a dream about you last night" |
Synonyms | dreaming |
Part of | sleeping |
Narrower | nightmare; wet dream |
Broader | imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery |
Adjectives | oneiric |
Verbs | dream |
Meaning | A cherished desire. |
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Synonyms | ambition, aspiration |
Narrower | American Dream; emulation; nationalism |
Broader | desire |
Meaning | Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake. |
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Examples | "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" |
Synonyms | dreaming |
Narrower | reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain; woolgathering |
Broader | imagination, imaginativeness, vision |
Verbs | dream |
Meaning | A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe). |
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Examples | "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" |
Synonyms | pipe dream |
Broader | fantasy, phantasy |
Meaning | A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality. |
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Examples | "he went about his work as if in a dream" |
Broader | reverie, revery |
Meaning | Someone of something wonderful. |
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Examples | "this dessert is a dream" |
Broader | perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra |
Meaning | Have a daydream. Indulge in a fantasy. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Synonyms | daydream, woolgather, stargaze |
Broader | imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage |
See also | dream up |
Nouns | dream, dreaming; dreamer; dreamer |
Meaning | Experience while sleeping. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Examples | "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene" |
Entails | sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's |
Broader | perceive, comprehend |
Nouns | dream, dreaming; dreamer |