English noun: dreaming |
1. | dreaming (cognition) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake |
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| Samples | He lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality.
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| Synonyms | dream |
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| Broader (hypernym) | imagination, imaginativeness, vision |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery, woolgathering |
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2. | dreaming (cognition) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep |
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| Samples | I had a dream about you last night.
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| Synonyms | dream |
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| Broader (hypernym) | imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | nightmare, wet dream |
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| Part meronym | sleeping |
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