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dream

  [dreem] noun, verb, dreamed or dreamt, dream⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
2. the sleeping state in which this occurs.
3. an object seen in a dream.
4. an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.
5. a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie.
6. an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream.
7. a wild or vain fancy.
8. something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence.
–verb (used without object)
9. to have a dream.
10. to indulge in daydreams or reveries: He dreamed about vacation plans when he should have been working.
11. to think or conceive of something in a very remote way (usually fol. by of): I wouldn't dream of asking them.
–verb (used with object)
12. to see or imagine in sleep or in a vision.
13. to imagine as if in a dream; fancy; suppose.
14. to pass or spend (time) in dreaming (often fol. by away): to dream away the afternoon.
–adjective
15. most desirable; ideal: a dream vacation.
—Verb phrase
16. dream up, to form in the imagination; devise: They dreamed up the most impossible plan.
Origin:
1200–50; ME dreem, OE drēam joy, mirth, gladness, c. OS drōm mirth, dream, ON draumr, OHG troum dream; modern sense first recorded in ME but presumably also current in OE, as in OS

Related forms:
dreamful, adjective
dream⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
dream⋅ful⋅ness, noun
dream⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
dreamlike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. Dream, nightmare, and vision refer to the kinds of mental images that form during sleep. Dream is the general term for any such succession of images. A nightmare is a dream that brings fear or anxiety: frightened by a nightmare. Vision refers to a series of images of unusual vividness, clarity, order, and significance, sometimes seen in a dream.

dream⋅time

  [dreem-tahym]
–noun
the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
Also called alcheringa, the dreaming.

Origin:
1905–10; dream + time
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dream   (drēm)   
n.  
  1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
  2. A daydream; a reverie.
  3. A state of abstraction; a trance.
  4. A wild fancy or hope.
  5. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.
  6. One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.
v.   dreamed or dreamt (drěmt), dream·ing, dreams

v.   intr.
  1. To experience a dream in sleep: dreamed of meeting an old friend.
  2. To daydream.
  3. To have a deep aspiration: dreaming of a world at peace.
  4. To regard something as feasible or practical: I wouldn't dream of trick skiing on icy slopes.
v.   tr.
  1. To experience a dream of while asleep: Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?
  2. To conceive of; imagine.
  3. To pass (time) idly or in reverie.
Phrasal Verb(s):
dream on Informal Used in the imperative to indicate that a statement or suggestion is improbable or unrealistic.
dream upTo invent; concoct: dreamed up a plan to corner the market.

[Middle English drem, from Old English drēam, joy, music; akin to Old Saxon drōm, mirth, dream.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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