Definitions for dream
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. dream, dreaming(noun)

   a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

   "I had a dream about you last night"

2. dream, dreaming(noun)

   imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

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

3. ambition, aspiration, dream(noun)

   a cherished desire

   "his ambition is to own his own business"

4. pipe dream, dream(noun)

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

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

5. dream(noun)

   a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality

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

6. dream(verb)

   someone or something wonderful

   "this dessert is a dream"

7. dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze(verb)

   have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

8. dream(verb)

   experience while sleeping

   "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. dream(Noun)

   Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

2. dream(Noun)

   A hope or wish.

3. dream(Verb)

   To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping

4. dream(Verb)

   To hope, to wish

5. dream

   To daydream

   Stop dreaming and get back to work.

6. dream

   to create an imaginary experience (usually when asleep)

   I dreamed a vivid dream last night.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dream(noun)

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

   Etymology: [Cf. AS. drman, drman, to rejoice. See Dream, n.]

2. Dream(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [Cf. AS. drman, drman, to rejoice. See Dream, n.]

3. Dream(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [Cf. AS. drman, drman, to rejoice. See Dream, n.]

4. Dream(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [Cf. AS. drman, drman, to rejoice. See Dream, n.]

5. Dream(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

   Etymology: [Cf. AS. drman, drman, to rejoice. See Dream, n.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dream

   Dream is a fictional character and the protagonist of DC Comics' Vertigo comic book series The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman. One of the seven Endless, inconceivably powerful beings older and greater than gods, Dream is both lord and personification of all dreams and stories, all that is not in reality. He has taken many names, including Morpheus and Oneiros, and his appearance can change depending on the person who is seeing him. Dream was named the sixth-greatest comic book character by Empire Magazine. He was also named fifteenth in IGN's 100 Top Comic Book Heroes list.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dream

   drēm, n. a train of thoughts and fancies during sleep, a vision: something only imaginary.—v.i. to fancy things during sleep: to think idly.—v.t. to see in, or as in, a dream:—pa.t. and pa.p. dreamed or dreamt (dremt).—ns. Dream′er; Dream′ery, a place favourable to dreams: dream-work.—adj. Dream′ful (Tenn.), dreamy.—n. Dream′hole, one of the holes in the walls of steeples, towers, &c., for admitting light.—adv. Dream′ily.—n. Dream′iness.—adv. Dream′ingly.—n. Dream′land, the land of dreams, reverie, or imagination.—adj. Dream′less, free from dreams.—ns. Dream′while, the duration of a dream; Dream′world, a world of illusions.—adj. Dream′y, full of dreams: appropriate to dreams: dream-like. [M. E. dream, drēm, not recorded in A.S., but pointing to an assumed A.S. dréam, cog. with O. High Ger. troum, O. Norse draum, &c. This is distinct from the A.S. dréam, mirth, minstrelsy, being ultimately related to dreug-, draug-, drug-, to deceive, the radical sense therefore 'illusion.']

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. dream

   1. A place where the starving feel the pangs of gluttony, and the threadbare wear opera-hats and spats. 2. A magic mirror wherein the dead appear to mock us with their happiness. 3. A cerebral phenomenon caused on upper Fifth Avenue by eating too much, and on the lower East Side by eating too little. 4. The Valhalla and the Welsh Rabbit; the Brocken where the souls of the animals, fish and birds we have eaten hold their revels; a private theater where indigestion is the prompter.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. DREAM

   What a man may call a woman, though a Pill may have suggested it. Sweethearts are dreams because they seldom come true; wives, because they're often a night-mare, and both because they go by contraries.

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1. dream

   Song lyrics by dream -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by dream on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dream' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2712

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dream' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2610

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dream' in Nouns Frequency: #742

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dream' in Verbs Frequency: #612

Anagrams for dream »

1. Ad rem

2. Derma

3. Mdear

4. Ramed

How to pronounce dream?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dream in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dream in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of dream in a Sentence

1. Amy Klobuchar:

   The difference between a plan and a pipe dream is something that you can actually get done, at least Bernie is being honest here and saying how he's going to pay for this -- and that taxes are going to go up.

2. George Linley:

   Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream.

3. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   Fate is our subconscious, life as a repeating dream of the subconscious in a new rebirth. Memory is what guides us. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich

4. Emma Haruka Iwao:

   It was my childhood dream, a longtime dream, to break the world record for pi.

5. Robert Francis Kennedy:

   Some men see things as they are and say why I dream things that never were and say Why not

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