dream¹ /drēm/

1. A train of thoughts and images experienced during sleep, a vision
2. Something only imaginary
3. A distant hope or ideal, probably unattainable
4. A state of mental abstraction
5. An extremely pleasant person or thing (informal)

1. To experience dreams during sleep
2. To think idly (with of)
3. To think (of) as possible, contemplate as imaginably possible
4. To be lost in abstraction

To see or imagine in, or as in, a dream

Ideal

dreamˈer noun

dreamˈery noun

1. A place favourable to dreams
2. Dreamlike fancies

dreamˈful adjective (Tennyson)

Dreamy

dreamˈily adverb

dreamˈiness noun

dreamˈing noun and adjective

dreamˈingly adverb

dreamˈless adjective

dreamˈlessly adverb

dreamˈlessness noun

dreamˈy adjective

1. Full of dreams
2. Given to dreaming
3. Appropriate to dreams
4. Dreamlike
5. Lovely (informal)

dreamˈboat noun (informal)

A wonderful, attractive and desirable person

dreamˈcatcher noun

An ornament consisting of a small net mounted on a decorated hoop, based on Native American originals which are believed to bring good dreams

dreamˈland noun

The land of dreams, reverie, or imagination

dreamˈscape noun

A picture or scene with an appearance of strangeness or unreality redolent of a dream

dream team noun (informal)

The perfect combination of people for a particular task

dream ticket noun (orig US; esp a pair of candidates considered)

The ideal or optimum electoral ticket

dreamˈtime noun

In the mythology of Australian Aborigines, the time when the earth and patterns of life on earth took shape

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