dream

/drˈim/

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Noun
a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"
Noun
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
Noun
a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"
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a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"
Noun
a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"
Noun
someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream"
Verb
have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
Verb
experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"