dream

1. (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.Examples: "Last night I dreamed I was leaping over giant cupcakes and chocolate cookies."; "Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, "Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry.""intransitive

2. (intransitive) To hope, to wish.Examples: "Lucy dreams of becoming a scientist when she'll grow up."intransitive

3. (intransitive) To daydream.Examples: "Stop dreaming and get back to work."intransitive

4. (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).Examples: "I dreamed a vivid dream last night."; "And still they dream that they shall still succeed."; "At length in sleep their bodies they compose, / And dreamt the future fight, and early rose."transitive

5. (intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).Examples: "I wouldn't dream of snubbing you in public."; "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."; "But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. […]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them."intransitive

1. (US politics) Acronym of development, relief, and education for alien minors.Examples: "For years, my state of Washington tried to pass its own state Dream Act. […] If President Trump will not protect Dreamers, Congress must immediately pass the bipartisan DREAM Act and provide permanent protection for these young Americans."USabbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable