lucid dream

noun

A dream during which one is conscious that one is dreaming, and may be able to manipulate events.

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dream true
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Meanings

nounlucid dream (plural lucid dreams)

plural lucid dreams

  1. A dream during which one is conscious that one is dreaming, and may be able to manipulate events.

    More frequently, however, it has been suggested that lucid dreaming has a potential for enhancing physical well-being. For example, Kellogg (1991) describes how he himself noted rapid healing of an infected tonsil immediately after he awoke from a lucid dream about his throat being healed.

    2003, Ashley Christina Mull, Lucid Dreaming in a Sample of College Students
verblucid dream (third-person singular simple present lucid dreams, present participle lucid dreaming, simple past and past participle lucid dreamed or lucid dreamt)

present singular third person lucid dreams · participle present lucid dreaming · participle past lucid dreamed · past lucid dreamed · participle past lucid dreamt · past lucid dreamt

  1. intransitiveTo experience a lucid dream.

    Synonyms: dream true

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo experience a lucid dream.

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dream true

Translations

Bengali স্পষ্ট স্বপ্ন
  • স্পষ্ট স্বপ্ন (spośṭo śśopno)lucid dream
Bulgarian осъзнат сън
  • осъзнат сън (osăznat săn)lucid dream
Catalan somni lúcid
  • somni lúcidlucid dream
Chinese Cantonese 明晰夢 /明晰梦
  • 明晰夢 /明晰梦 (ming⁴ sik¹ mung⁶)lucid dream
Chinese Mandarin 清醒梦
  • 清醒梦 (qīngxǐngmèng)lucid dream
Czech lucidní sen
  • lucidní senlucid dream
Danish lucid drøm
  • lucid drømlucid dream
Dutch levendige droom, lucide droom
  • levendige droomlucid dream
  • lucide droomlucid dream
Esperanto lucida sonĝo
  • lucida sonĝolucid dream
Finnish selkouni
  • selkounilucid dream
French rêve lucide
  • rêve lucidelucid dream
German Klartraum, luzider Traum
  • Klartraumlucid dream
  • luzider Traumlucid dream
Indonesian mimpi sadar
  • mimpi sadarlucid dream
Italian sogno lucido
  • sogno lucidolucid dream
Japanese 明晰夢
  • 明晰夢 (meisekimu)lucid dream
Korean 자각몽
  • 자각몽 (jagangmong)lucid dream
Lithuanian sąmoningas sapnas
  • sąmoningas sapnaslucid dream
Malay mimpi waras
  • mimpi waraslucid dream
Norwegian klardrøm
  • klardrømlucid dream
Persian رؤیای شفاف, رؤیای آگاهانه
  • رؤیای شفافlucid dream
  • رؤیای آگاهانهlucid dream
Polish świadomy sen
  • świadomy senlucid dream
Portuguese sonho lúcido
  • sonho lúcidolucid dream
Russian осознанное сновиде́ние
  • осознанное сновиде́ние (osoznannoje snovidénije)lucid dream
Spanish sueño lúcido
  • sueño lúcidolucid dream
Swedish klardröm
  • klardrömlucid dream
Tagalog namamalayang panaginip
  • namamalayang panaginiplucid dream
Turkish bilinçli düş görme, bilinçli rüyâ görme
  • bilinçli düş görmelucid dream
  • bilinçli rüyâ görmelucid dream
  • kontrol edilebilir rüyâlucid dream
Urdu خواب ساطع
  • خواب ساطعlucid dream
Vietnamese giấc mơ sáng suốt
  • giấc mơ sáng suốtlucid dream
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Chicago

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