dream (n.)

  1. a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; I had a dream about you last night

    [ Syn: dreaming ]

  2. imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality

    [ Syn: dreaming ]

  3. a cherished desire; his ambition is to own his own business

    [ Syn: ambition , aspiration ]

  4. a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe

    [ Syn: pipe dream ]

  5. a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; he went about his work as if in a dream'

  6. someone or something wonderful; this dessert is a dream'

    dream (v.)

  1. have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

    [ Syn: daydream , woolgather , stargaze ]

  2. experience while sleeping; She claims to never dream; He dreamt a strange scene'

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