dream
1. a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep (Freq. 31)
- I had a dream about you last night
• Syn:
dreaming
• Derivationally related forms:
dream (for: dreaming)
• Hypernyms:
imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
• Hyponyms:
nightmare, wet dream
• Part Holonyms:
sleeping
2. imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake (Freq. 7)
- he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
• Syn:
dreaming
• Derivationally related forms:
dream (for: dreaming), dreamy
• Hypernyms:
imagination, imaginativeness, vision
• Hyponyms:
reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism,
air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain, woolgathering
3. a cherished desire (Freq. 4)
- his ambition is to own his own business
• Syn:
ambition, aspiration
• Derivationally related forms:
aspire (for: aspiration), ambitious (for: ambition), ambition (for: ambition)
• Hypernyms:
desire
• Hyponyms:
American Dream, emulation, nationalism
4. a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) (Freq. 2)
- I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
• Syn:
pipe dream
• Hypernyms:
fantasy, phantasy
5. a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality (Freq. 1)
- he went about his work as if in a dream
• Derivationally related forms:
dreamy
• Hypernyms:
reverie, revery
6. someone or something wonderful
- this dessert is a dream
• Hypernyms:
perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
1. have a daydream;
indulge in a fantasy (Freq. 15)
• Syn:
daydream, woolgather, stargaze
• See Also:
dream up
• Derivationally related forms:
stargazer (for: stargaze), woolgatherer (for: woolgather), woolgathering (for: woolgather), daydream (for: daydream), daydreamer (for: daydream), daydreaming (for: daydream), dreamer, dreaming
• Hypernyms:
imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. experience while sleeping (Freq. 11)
- She claims to never dream
- He dreamt a strange scene
• Derivationally related forms:
dreamer, dreaming
• Hypernyms:
perceive, comprehend
• Entailment:
sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
|
|
