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Dreaming

Dream \Dream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dreamed (dr[=e]md) or Dreamt (dr[e^]mt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dreaming.] [Cf. AS. dr[=e]man, dr[=y]man, to rejoice. See Dream, n.]

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

    Here may we sit and dream Over the heavenly theme.
    --Keble.

    They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting.
    --Locke.

Wiktionary
dreaming

n. An instance of dreaming; a dream or reverie. vb. (present participle of dream English)

WordNet
dreaming
  1. n. imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" [syn: dream]

  2. a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" [syn: dream]

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Dreaming (Blondie song)

"Dreaming" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie. Released in 1979, it was the lead single from their fourth album Eat to the Beat. It peaked at #2 in the British singles chart and at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.

Dreaming

Dreaming is the process of experiencing a dream during sleep.

Dreaming, '''Dreamin' ''' or variations thereof may also refer to:

Dreaming (Aurora song)

"Dreaming" is a single by Aurora with vocals by Lizzy Pattinson. It reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart in 2002.

Dreaming (Australian Aboriginal art)

In Australian Aboriginal art, a Dreaming is a totemistic design or artwork, which can be owned by a tribal group or individual. This usage of Stanner's term was popularized by Geoffrey Bardon in the context of the Papunya Tula artist collective he established in the 1970s.

Dreaming (I Dream song)

"Dreaming" is a song by pop singers and S Club 8 members Frankie Sandford and Calvin Goldspink, released as the first single from the I Dream TV series soundtrack album Welcome to Avalon Heights.

It was released on 15 November 2004, peaking at #19 on the UK Singles Chart.

Frankie Sandford sings the whole song along with Calvin, plus solo backing vocals in the intro and during the bridge. Calvin Goldspink sings the whole song along with Frankie. Aaron Renfree, Stacey McClean, Rochelle Wiseman, Daisy Evans, Hannah Richings and Jay Asforis do not have any solos in this song

Dreaming (OMD song)

"Dreaming" is a song by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released in 1988 as a single from their compilation album, The Best of OMD. It was a hit in the United States, reaching number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the Dance chart. The track had limited success in the band's home country, where it peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart. The cover art was designed by Stylorouge, with photography by Andrew Catlin.

Until OMD's reformation in 2010, "Dreaming" was the last single to feature the group's original line-up; lead singer Andy McCluskey was the only core member to appear on their 1991–1996 output.

Stewart Mason, in a retrospective review for AllMusic, described the song as "dynamite", and wrote: "['Dreaming'] is easily the group's best single since 1983's ' Telegraph'... It's a near-perfect pop song, perhaps the last great single by an '80s synth-pop band."

Dreaming (Scribe song)

"Dreaming" is the third single from Scribe's debut album, The Crusader. In New Zealand, it was released as a double A-side with " So Nice". Lyrically, the song is about Scribe's childhood aspirations. It had commercial success in New Zealand and Australia, appearing on the singles charts of both countries, and topping the latter.

"Dreaming" was included on Pasifika - The Collection, compiled by the managers of the Pasifika Festival. The compilation album debuted at number one on the New Zealand Music Compilations Chart.

Dreaming (album)

Dreaming is an album by the American jazz saxophonist and vocalist Grace Kelly. It was released January 1, 2005.

Dreaming is Kelly’s debut studio album, recorded when she was just 12 years old. It features six originals and six standards.

Dreaming (film)

Dreaming is a 1945 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen and Hazel Court. Its plot concerns a soldier who is knocked unconscious during a battle and has a series of bizarre dreams.

Dreaming (M People song)

"Dreaming" is the nineteenth and final single from British band M People. It is the second single from their greatest hits album The Best of M People (1998). Written by Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Heather Small. Produced by M People and Chris Lord-Alge. It was released on 1 February 1999. The song peaked at number thirteen on the UK Singles Chart.

Dreaming (journal)

Dreaming is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association on behalf of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. The journal covers research on dreaming, as well as on dreaming from the viewpoint of any of the arts and humanities. The current editor-in-chief is Deirdre Barrett ( Harvard Medical School).

Dreaming (EP)

Dreaming is the debut extended play by South Korean girl group, April. The album was released digitally and physically on August 24, 2015 and contains six tracks with the lead single, "Dream Candy". It is the group only release with former member Somin, who officially departed from the group on November 9, 2015 due to her wish of continuing with her studies.

Usage examples of "dreaming".

For the past four hundred years or so, dreams and dreaming have had a very bad reputation among Western intellectuals.

The association of this phenomenon with dreaming in human beings is so clear that it is now generally accepted that all mammals and marsupials dream.

In this spirit, here is a partial list of some of the universal threads of meaning and significance that seem to be woven into the process of dreaming itself.

Like the list of universal elements present in the structure of dreams and dreaming in the previous chapter, this list is also partial.

God and reconciled utterly and completely in the One when the dreaming demiurge awakens.

When we recognize in the midst of the dream that we are dreaming, one of the awarenesses that surfaces in consciousness is that all we behold is a mirror in which our own interior being is reflected in metaphoric form.

The subjective experience of lucid dreaming is so symbolically resonant with ancient Asian religious conceptions of how God creates the universe that the cultivation of lucid dreaming has been a religious and meditative discipline since before Patanjali first wrote down the oral poems of instruction in yoga meditation around 800 B.

It is this part of the total psychic being which experiences dreams while alive, and this part which goes right on dreaming after death.

I would attempt to incubate lucid dreaming with the focus of attention that I would fly.

Since I know that I am dreaming, I know that no physical harm or pain will come to me no matter what I do.

I recover my lucidity and remind myself that I am dreaming and will come to no harm.

In the Hindu-Buddhist and Taoist traditions, lucid dreaming has been cultivated for religious reasons for more than twenty-five hundred years.

I have read which have enriched both waking and dreaming life the most have also been drawn from these distinctly complementary categories.

A selection of the Catholic Book Club, this examination of dreams and dreaming from the point of view of Catholic Church history and current dogma is very interesting.

A fascinating overview of visualization treating dreams and dreaming along with healing techniques, meditation, etc.