| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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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 |