dream
Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
Noun 3 meanings
Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
“Last night I had a vividly scary dream about an immortal snail that chased me around and could kill me if it touched me.”
A hope or wish.
“This year I fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting the South Pacific.”
A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
“live in a dream”
Verb 4 meanings
To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
“Although people primarily dream during the REM phase of sleeping, they can dream during non-REM sleep as well.”
To hope, to wish.
“Lucy dreams of becoming a scientist when she grows up.”
To daydream.
“Stop dreaming and get back to work.”
To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
“I dreamed a vivid dream last night.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Ideal; perfect.
Etymology
From Middle English dream, dreem, dreeme, drem, dreme, dræm, from Old English drēam, drēm, drīm (“joy; melody, music; frenzy”), from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz (“dream”), from earlier *draugmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰ-mos, from *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive”).
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DREAM at a glance
DREAM has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (D 2 + R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + M 3) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,264 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with dream
All rhymesOne letter away
- CREAM9
- DREAD7
- BREAM9
- DREAR6
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