n. 1 series of scenes or feelings in the mind of a sleeping person. 2 daydream or fantasy. 3 ideal, aspiration. 4 beautiful or ideal person or thing. v. (past and past part. dreamt /dremti or dreamed) 1 experience a dream. 2 imagine as in a dream. 3 (with neg.) consider possible (never dreamt that he would come; would not dream of it). 4 (foil. by away) waste (time). 5 be inactive or unpractical. dream up imagine, invent. like a dream colloq. easily, effortlessly. n dreamer n. [Old English]
