DREAM
What does "DREAM" mean?
A series of images and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
Meanings
- A sequence of images, thoughts, and emotions experienced while sleeping. She woke from a vivid dream about flying over the sea.
- A cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal. Opening her own bakery had been a lifelong dream.
- To experience images and sensations while asleep, or to imagine longingly while awake. He dreamed of a quieter life by the mountains.
Did you know?
- The link between dreaming and darting eyeballs was discovered in 1953, when Eugene Aserinsky noticed his sleeping son's eyes moving rapidly and named it REM sleep.
Word origin
From Middle English 'dream', likely from Old English 'dream' (joy, music) and reinforced by Old Norse 'draumr' (a dream during sleep).
Remember it
DREAM holds REAM - a dream can fill a whole ream of pages once you start writing it down.
A little poem
Behind the shut eye
a stranger lives a long life-
morning steals it all.
haiku
Wordplay
- I dreamed I was a muffler last night. I woke up exhausted.
What it teaches
A dream costs nothing to hold and everything to chase - which is exactly how you know it's yours.
Quick facts
What does DREAM mean?
A series of images and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
Is DREAM a valid word?
Yes — DREAM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DREAM?
DREAM has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DREAM come from?
From Middle English 'dream', likely from Old English 'dream' (joy, music) and reinforced by Old Norse 'draumr' (a dream during sleep).
What can DREAM teach us?
A dream costs nothing to hold and everything to chase - which is exactly how you know it's yours.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.