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dream

(dr/i/m )

a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep(noun.cognition)

Example:
I had a dream about you last night.

Synonym:
dreaming

source: wordnet30
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake(noun.cognition)

Example:
He lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality.

source: wordnet30
a cherished desire(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
ambition, aspiration

source: wordnet30
a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)(noun.cognition)

Example:
I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe.

Synonym:
pipe dream

source: wordnet30
a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality(noun.cognition)

Example:
He went about his work as if in a dream.

source: wordnet30
someone or something wonderful(noun.state)

Example:
This dessert is a dream.

source: wordnet30
The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.(noun)

source: webster1913

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy(verb.creation)

Synonym:
daydream, stargaze, woolgather

source: wordnet30
experience while sleeping(verb.perception)

Example:
She claims to never dream.
He dreamt a strange scene.

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.(verb)

source: webster1913

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