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Definitions for Dreaming
[1] a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
[2] the sleeping state in which this occurs.
[3] an object seen in a dream.
[4] an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.
[5] a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie.
[6] an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream.
[7] a wild or vain fancy.
[8] something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence.
[9] to have a dream.
[10] to indulge in daydreams or reveries: He dreamed about vacation plans when he should have been working.
[11] to think or conceive of something in a very remote way (usually followed by of ): I wouldn't dream of asking them.
[12] to see or imagine in sleep or in a vision.
[13] to imagine as if in a dream; fancy; suppose.
[14] to pass or spend (time) in dreaming (often followed by away ): to dream away the afternoon.
[15] most desirable; ideal: a dream vacation.
[16] dream up , to form in the imagination; devise: They dreamed up the most impossible plan.
[17] (often initial capital letter ) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
[18] Also called: alchera (ˈæltʃərə ), alcheringa (in the mythology of Australian Aboriginal peoples) a mythical Golden Age of the past
[19] Australian informal any remote period, out of touch with the actualities of the present
[20] mental activity, usually in the form of an imagined series of events, occurring during certain phases of sleep (as modifier ) a dream sequence (in combination ) dreamland Related adjective: oneiric
[21] a sequence of imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; daydream; fantasy (as modifier ) a dream world
[22] a person or thing seen or occurring in a dream
[23] a cherished hope; ambition; aspiration
[24] a vain hope
[25] a person or thing that is as pleasant, or seemingly unreal, as a dream
[26] go like a dream to move, develop, or work very well
[27] (may take a clause as object) to undergo or experience (a dream or dreams)
[28] (intr) to indulge in daydreams
[29] (intr) to suffer delusions; be unrealistic you're dreaming if you think you can win
[30] (when intr, foll by of or about ) to have an image (of) or fantasy (about) in or as if in a dream
[31] (intr foll by of ) to consider the possibility (of) I wouldn't dream of troubling you
[32] too good to be true; ideal dream kitchen
Words related to Dreaming
dreamabsent-minded
Words nearby Dreaming
dreamdread, dreadful, dreadfully, dreadlocks, dreadnought, dream, dream act, dream analysis, dream book, dream come true, a, dream merchant
Origin of Dreaming
timeFirst recorded in 1905–10; dream + time
Other words from Dreaming
dream·ful , adjective
dream·ful·ly , adverb
dream·ful·ness , noun
dream·ing·ly , adverb
dream·like , adjective
re·dream , verb, re·dreamed or re·dreamt, re·dream·ing.
un·dreamed , adjective
un·dream·ing , adjective
un·dream·like , adjective
Word origin for Dreaming
Old English drēam song; related to Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr, Greek thrulos noise
Synonyms for Dreaming
daydreaming, absent-minded