Definition for: dream

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English

Etymology

Exact origin unknown; probably related to Old English drēam.

Pronunciation

• AHD: drēm , IPA: /driːm/ , SAMPA: /dri:m/
• Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

dream ( plural dreams )

1. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
2. A hope or wish.

Derived terms

• daydream
• wet dream
• pipe dream
• dreamy
• the American dream

Translations

imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping

a hope or wish

• Hebrew : חלום (jalóm) m .
• Korean : 꿈 (kum)
• Slovak : sen m .

Verb

to dream ( third-person singular simple present dreams , present participle dreaming , simple past dreamt or dreamed , past participle dreamt or dreamed )

1. ( intransitive ) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
2. ( intransitive ) To hope, to wish.
3. ( intransitive ) To daydream.

   Stop dreaming and get back to work.

4. ( transitive ) to create an imaginary experience (usually when asleep)

   I dreamt a vivid dream last night.

Derived terms

• dream up
• dream on

Translations

see imaginary events while sleeping

to hope, to wish

to daydream

to create an imaginary experience

• Indonesian : mimpi, bermimpi, memimpikan, impi, mengimpikan
• Korean : 꾸다 (kuda), 꿈을꾸다 (kumeulkuda)
• Slovak : snívať, sniť

Frisian

Noun

dream

1. dream

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'dræːam/

Etymology

Common Germanic * draumaz , whence also Old Saxon drōm ‘joy, music, dream’, Old High German troum , Old Norse draumr

Noun

drēam m . (pl. drēamas )

1. joy, pleasure, ecstasy

   Ðær biþ drincendra dream se micla : there is the great joy of drinkers.

2. music, song

   Iohannes gehyrde swylce bymena dream : John heard, as it were, the sound of trumpets.

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Pig Latin		eamdray

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