dream

noun

• 1a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep:I had a recurrent dream about falling from great heights
• [in singular] a state of mind in which someone is or seems to be unaware of their immediate surroundings:he had been walking around in a dream all day

• 2a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal:I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion
• an unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy:maybe he could get a job and earn some money—but he knew this was just a dream
• a person or thing perceived as wonderful or perfect:her new man’s an absolute dream it was a dream of a backhand

verb (past and past participle dreamed /drɛmt, driːmd/ or dreamt /drɛmt/)

• 1experience dreams during sleep:I dreamed about her last night
• [with object] see, hear, or feel (something) in a dream:maybe you dreamed it [with clause]:I dreamed that I was going to be executed

• 2indulge in daydreams or fantasies about something greatly desired:she had dreamed of a trip to America

• 3 [with negative] contemplate the possibility of doing something or that something might be the case:I wouldn’t dream of foisting myself on you [with clause]:I never dreamed anyone would take offence