DREAM UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dream up mean? 

• DREAM UP (verb)
  The verb DREAM UP has 1 sense:

1. devise or invent

  Familiarity information: DREAM UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DREAM UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Devise or invent

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

concoct; dream up; hatch; think of; think up

Context example:

no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software

Hypernyms (to "dream up" is one way to...):

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dream up"):

idealise; idealize (form ideals)

cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (concoct something artificial or untrue)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he dream up his major works over a short period of time?