dream

nouns

a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
"I had a dream about you last night"
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
"he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
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a cherished desire
"his ambition is to own his own business"
a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
"I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"
a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
"he went about his work as if in a dream"
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
an abstracted state of absorption
someone or something wonderful
"this dessert is a dream"
is a type of (narrower)
the state of being without a flaw or defect

verbs

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
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experience while sleeping
"She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"
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is a type of (narrower)
to become aware of through the senses
"I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"