dream
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
How often you will meet it
Rank 831 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 21,857 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
dream in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Thus did John Cardigan dream, and as he dreamed he worked.
The Valley of the Giants · Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne · Chapter 1
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This day at church was like a dream, and they returned home quite exhausted.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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To pass away the time, I 'll tell your grace A dream I had last night.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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These broken sentences were repeated more than once, and then she stood silent as though in a dream still.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Where, strewn in flocks, what cheek-flushed myriads lie Dimpling in dream—unconscious slumberers mere, While billows endless round the beaches die.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1