dream meaning and definition

DREAM noun

Definition of dream (noun)

1. a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
   • "I had a dream about you last night"
   • synonyms: dreaming
2. imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
   • "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
   • synonyms: dreaming
3. a cherished desire
   • "his ambition is to own his own business"
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: 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 verb

Definition of dream (verb)

1. have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
   • synonyms: daydream, stargaze, woolgather
2. experience while sleeping
   • "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"