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81dream — [13] Old English had a word drēam, which meant ‘joy, merrymaking, music’, but it is not at all clear that this is the same word as modern English dream (the recorded Old English words for ‘dream’ were swefn and mǣting). Semantically, the two are… …
82dream — [13] Old English had a word drēam, which meant ‘joy, merrymaking, music’, but it is not at all clear that this is the same word as modern English dream (the recorded Old English words for ‘dream’ were swefn and mǣting). Semantically, the two are… …
83dream — 1. noun 1) she went around in a dream Syn: daydream, reverie, trance, daze, stupor 2) he realized his childhood dream Syn: ambition, aspiration, hope, goal, aim, objective …
84dream — noun 1》 a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in the mind during sleep. ↘a state of mind in which someone is not fully aware of their surroundings: he walked around in a dream. 2》 a cherished hope or ideal; a fantasy.… …
85dream — associated with illegal narcotics Especially heroin as in dream dust, although a dream stick was opium …
86dream — n 1. vision, nightmare; apparition, will o the wisp, ignis fatuus, chimera, fairy; phantom, shade, specter, ghost, wraith, incubus, succubus, bugbear; fantasy, phantasm, phantasma, Lit. fantasia, Inf. pipe dream, romance; figment, figment of the… …
87dream up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms dream up : present tense I/you/we/they dream up he/she/it dreams up present participle dreaming up past tense dreamed up or dreamt up past participle dreamed up or dreamt up to think of a new idea or plan,… …
88dream of — phrasal : to think of as possible, fitting, or proper : give serious consideration to inventions that our grandfathers never dreamed of they would never dream of building a cumbersome railway … when the cableway is so much less expensive to build …
89dream of — {v.} To think about seriously; think about with the idea of really doing; consider seriously. Usually used with a negative. * /I wouldn t dream of wearing shorts to church./ …
90dream of — {v.} To think about seriously; think about with the idea of really doing; consider seriously. Usually used with a negative. * /I wouldn t dream of wearing shorts to church./ …
