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The Meaning of dream

  • (n.) The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
  • (n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.
  • (n.) To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
  • (n.) To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
  • (v. t.) To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

Synonyms

Trance , vision , fancy , reverie , hallucination , romance.

Antonyms

Fact , reality , substance , verify , realization.

Rhymes

academe , agleam , avrim , basim , beahm , beam , beem , bireme , bleam , bloodstream , bream , chromakalim , cream , creme , daelim , daydream , deam , deem , diehm , downstream , episteme , esteem , extreme , fleam , gleam , gleim , greim , grieme , hakim , hapoalim , haradim , ibrahim , joachim , karim , keim , liem , mainstream , maxime , midstream , mneme , moonbeam , passim , pezim , priem , raheem , rahim , ream , redeem , regime , reim , sarofim , scheme , scream , seam , seem , sephardim , siem , steam , stream , sunbeam , supreme , team , teem , theme , thieme , upstream , vadim , ziehm