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# dreamlike

adjective

«dreamlike» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Strange, soft or unreal, as if it were happening in a dream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/#m1)
2. Very beautiful and peaceful, like something you might dream of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/#m2)

### In the lessons

A describing word for scenes in stories and poems: mist, moonlight, music or odd events that do not feel real. Alice's adventures have a dreamlike feel, and in the end we learn that they were a dream. In The Wind in the Willows the chapter «The Piper at the Gates of Dawn» is dreamlike and magical.

### Examples

- The misty lake at dawn looked dreamlike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/#x1)
- Everything in Wonderland happened in a strange, dreamlike way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/#x2)
- The music had a slow, dreamlike sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/#x3)
- Walking through the field of bluebells was a dreamlike experience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/#x4)
- Rat and Mole felt a dreamlike calm on the island at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/#x5)
- The painting shows a dreamlike garden with floating clocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/#x6)
- Snow falling at night makes the town look dreamlike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/#x7)

### Note

Adjective, one word: dream + like. Similar: dreamy, unreal, magical. It describes things, not usually people (a person who is half asleep is «dreamy», not «dreamlike»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dreamlike» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dreamlike/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dreamlike» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dreamlike.html) on Mova free.