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pipe dream, dreaming, ambition, aspiration, daydream, woolgather, stargaze Definition: a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe";a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream";a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night";imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality";a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business";someone of something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream";have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy;experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene";
See Also: think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct Hyponyms: nightmare, wet dream, reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain, woolgathering, American Dream, emulation, nationalism Entailments: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's Part Meronyms: sleeping Derivational Morphology:
daydream, woolgather, stargaze, draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for, ambition, lotus-eater, stargazer, daydreamer, woolgatherer, woolgathering, reverie, revery, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain, dreaming, idealist, dreamer, escapist, wishful thinker Anagrams:
derma, armed
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