n. [ Akin to OS. drōm, D. droom, G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dröm; cf. G. trügen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dreám joy, gladness, and OS. drōm joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr. qry^los noise. ] 1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had a dream which was not all a dream. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

There sober thought pursued the amusing theme,
Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dreamed r Dreamt (dr&ebreve_;mt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dreaming. ] [ Cf. AS. drēman, dr&ymacr_;man, to rejoice. See Dream, n. ] 1. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here may we sit and dream
Over the heavenly theme. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

At length in sleep their bodies they compose,
And dreamt the future fight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

And still they dream that they shall still succeed. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dream away
To dream out,
To dream through, etc., to pass in revery or inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an hour; to dream through life. “ Why does Antony dream out his hours?” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who dreams. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of dreams. “ Dreamful ease.” Tennyson. -- Dream"ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

adv. As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being dreamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dreamy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from, or without, dreams. Camden. -- Dream"less*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]