Overview of noun dream

The noun dream has 6 senses

• dream, dreaming -- (a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night")


• dream, dreaming -- (imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality")


• ambition, aspiration, dream -- (a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business")


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


• dream -- (a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream")


• dream -- (someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream")

Overview of verb dream

The verb dream has 2 senses

• dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze -- (have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy)


• dream -- (experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene")