(n.) The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
(n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.
(n.) To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
(n.) To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
(v. t.) To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the ketamine group, 36% of the patients complained of unpleasant dreams.
(2) That's why the big dreams have come from the smaller candidates such as the radical left's Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
(3) There are no oceans wide enough to stop us from dreaming.
(4) She has imbued me with the confidence of encouraging other girls to dream alternative futures that do not rely on FGM as a prerequisite.
(5) Crushing their dream of denying healthcare to millions of people will put them on that road to despair.
(6) Originally, it was to be named Le Reve, after one of the Picassos that Wynn and his wife own; but, as of last month, it is to be called Wynn Las Vegas, embodying a dream of a different kind.
(7) "I am doing the best for my child, helping her strive towards her dreams.
(8) According to Hairullo, it was always Nazarov’s dream to live lavishly and easily.
(9) It seems like an awfully long way from the ground.” He added: “When I was younger, I dreamed of being an astronaut, but I also wanted to be a policeman or a firebreather.
(10) The "Dream Toys" for Christmas list includes a few old favourites alongside some new, and sparkly, additions.
(11) Likud warned: “Peres will divide Jerusalem.” Arab states feared that his dream of a borderless Middle East spelled Israeli economic colonialism by stealth.
(12) Last night, in a dramatic announcement that led some to accuse him of playing God, Venter said the dream had come true, saying he had created an organism with manmade DNA .
(13) I met a mum there who said to me – this is what I’ve dreamed of for my child... ...proper uniforms, high standards... ...this is going to give my child a good start in life.
(14) A three-dimensional model of adult dreaming styles shows a close correspondence with other models representing frameworks of waking experience and interpersonal behavior.
(15) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(16) My dream is that one day, young kids in Nepal won’t have to risk working on the mountain as porters or guides, they will be able to get an education and build better lives for themselves,” Sherpa told AFP.
(17) He just never dreamed it would be life without parole,’ his sister said.
(18) Indeed, some of his ideas for fixing this broken American dream echo Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s – most notably a $1tn investment in public infrastructure, which Sanders claims would create 16m new jobs.
(19) I sat there thinking that in Canton we never had time to sleep, much less dream.” The late Edward Kennedy called it “the great aria of the civil rights movement”.
(20) He just never dreamed it would be life without parole.” Obama reduces sentences of 46 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug crimes Read more As his sister put it, Bennett “got caught up” in a five-man drug ring run by an old friend, John Hansley, to pay for his addiction to crack.
Fancy
Definition:
(n.) The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.
(n.) An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
(n.) An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
(n.) Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
(n.) That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
(n.) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
(v. i.) To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
(v. i.) To love.
(v. t.) To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
(v. t.) To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
(v. t.) To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
(a.) Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.
(a.) Extravagant; above real value.
Example Sentences:
(1) Quite a lot of the downtown action in The Catcher in the Rye (a night out in a fancy hotel; a date with an old girlfriend; an encounter with a prostitute, and a mugging by her pimp) might almost as well describe a young soldier’s nightmare experience of R&R.
(2) The plot departs from the good book in big ways, small ways, in fact any way the makers (evangelical husband and wife Mark Burnett and Roma Downey) fancy.
(3) The Normandie Design is plum in the middle of the amiable chaos of South American city life, in Santa Efigênia, where the streets are thronged with tiny electronics stores – great if you fancy a fake Chinese iPhone.
(4) Small business gets clobbered by taxes and business rates, while big business turns around and says to the state: "This is how much tax I fancy paying this year, take it or leave it".
(5) So really, it could be anyone.” US intelligence believes the Democratic party’s servers were hacked by a group known alternatively as Fancy Bear, APT 29 or Sofacy, which they say was working for the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence .
(6) Glitzy online lectures, or fancy learning technologies, are difficult to reconcile with this fundamental scepticism.
(7) BSkyB believes the modelling is flawed and that conclusions such as that it could benefit by up to £600m over five years is "fanciful".
(8) The first fanciful bit of the Biden 4 Prez story came out this past weekend, when the veep sat down with Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts for a two-hour meeting .
(9) Treatments were 0, 2, 4, or 6% (DM basis) bleachable fancy tallow (BT) fed with 0 or 7.5% (DM basis) forage.
(10) The court heard how all of these areas and more are gambled on in the unregulated Asian markets, in so-called "fancy bets".
(11) I require my coffee to taste like coffee, not like fancy warm milk.
(12) "They sit in their fancy hotels, in safety, talking and talking.
(13) Protest is what you do when those you elect are not listening, and it can, on occasion, be powerful to dress up in fancy dress and sing.
(14) It's actually very taboo to stop and say, "OK, I'm in a band and I'm really successful and my boyfriend's a pop star and he's really handsome and lots of girls fancy him, but I don't want to be with him."
(15) Founder and executive deputy chairman Mike Ashley didn't need a salary or a fancy bonus plan because he would gain from the improvement in the company's value.
(16) Good luck telling your manager you fancy a day off.
(17) I'm not even asking for a handout or asking to be able to keep up a fancy lifestyle and have someone else pay for the boring stuff, I work hard, I save and I pay my taxes and my standard of living gets worse and worse every year.
(18) "My use of the word 'fancy' was not meant as a proper insult.
(19) The Mr Benn approach also opens up lots of fancy dress options for TV sponsorship bumpers and blipverts.
(20) Does he fancy winning the league again & knock Liverpool right off their perch?"