dream: meaning and definitions

A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.

A daydream; a reverie.

A state of abstraction; a trance.

A wild fancy or hope.

A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.

One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.

To experience a dream in sleep: dreamed of meeting an old friend.

To daydream.

To have a deep aspiration: dreaming of a world at peace.

To regard something as feasible or practical: I wouldn't dream of trick skiing on icy slopes.

To experience a dream of while asleep: Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?

To conceive of; imagine.

To pass (time) idly or in reverie.

dream on Informal Used in the imperative to indicate that a statement or suggestion is improbable or unrealistic.

dream up To invent; concoct: dreamed up a plan to corner the market.