dream
For the verb: "to dream"
| Simple Past: | dreamt, dreamed |
| Past Participle: | dreamt, dreamed |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dream/driːm/
▶noun
- 1 a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in the mind during sleep.
■ a state of mind in which someone is not fully aware of their surroundings: he walked around in a dream.
- 2 a cherished hope or ideal; a fantasy.
■ informal a wonderful or perfect person or thing.
- 1 experience dreams during sleep.
- 2 indulge in daydreams.
■ (dream something up) imagine or invent something.
- 3 [with neg.] contemplate the possibility of: I never dreamed anyone would take offence.
– phrases
like a dream informal very easily or successfully.
like a dream informal very easily or successfully.
– derivatives
dreamer noun,
dreamful adjective (literary),
dreamless adjective,
dreamlike adjective.
dreamer noun,
dreamful adjective (literary),
dreamless adjective,
dreamlike adjective.
– origin ME: of Gmc origin.
'dream' also found in these Oxford entries:
American
- dream team
- dream ticket
- empire
- Jacob's ladder
- lucid
- magic realism
- nightmare
- oneiro-
- pipe dream
- read
- rede
- somniferous
- vision
- visionary
- wet dream

