Extended meaning of dream
DAGGER ▪ DAM ▪ DAMAGE ▪ DANCE / DANCING ▪ DANGER ▪ DARK / DARKNESS ▪ DART(S) ▪ DATE (FRUIT) ▪ DAUGHTER ▪ DAWN / DAY AND NIGHT ▪ DAY / DATE ▪ DEAD PEOPLE ▪ DEAL ▪ DEATH ▪ DEBATE ▪ DEBT ▪ DECADENCE ▪ DECAY ▪ DECIDE / DECISION ▪ DECORATE / DECORATION ▪ DEEP ▪ DEER / REINDEER ▪ DEFEAT ▪ DEFEND / DEFENCE ▪ DEFORMED ANIMALS ▪ DEFY / DEFIANT ▪ DELAY ▪ DEMOLITION ▪ DEMON ▪ DEMONSTRATE / DEMONSTRATION ▪ DENTIST ▪ DEPARTURES ▪ DERELICT ▪ DESCENT / DESCENDING ▪ DESERT ▪ DESTINATION ▪ DESTINATIONS ▪ DEVIL ▪ DEVOUR ▪ DEW ▪ DIADEM ▪ DICE / DIE ▪ DIGGING / EXCAVATION ▪ DINOSAURS ▪ DIRTY ▪ DISASTER ▪ DISCOVER ▪ DISCRIMINATION ▪ DISK ▪ DISMEMBERMENT ▪ DISSECT / DIVIDE ▪ DIVING ▪ DIVORCE ▪ DOCTOR ▪ DOG ▪ DOG ▪ DOLL ▪ DOLPHIN ▪ DOOR ▪ DOORS ▪ DRAGON ▪ DRAGONFLY ▪ DRAUGHT ▪ DRINK ▪ DROWNING ▪ DRUGS ▪ DRUM ▪ DRUNK ▪ DUCK ▪
Basic meaning of dream
Dagger
If seen in a dream, denotes threatening enemies. If you wrench the dagger from the hand of another, it denotes that you will be able to counteract the influence of your enemies and overcome misfortune.
Dahlia
To see dahlias in a dream, if they are fresh and bright, sign ifies good fortune to the dreamer. See Bouquet
Dairy
Dairy is a good dream both to the married and unmarried. See Churning Butter.
Daisy
To dream of a bunch of daisys, implies sadness, but if you dream of being in a field where these lovely flowers are in bloom, with the sun shining and birds s inging, happiness, health and prosperity will vie each with the other to lead you through the pleasantest avenues of life. To
dream of seeing them out of season, you will be assailed by evil in some guise.
Damask Rose
To dream of seeing a damask rosebush in full foliage and bloom, denotes that a wedding will soon take place in your family, and great hopes will be fulfilled. For a lover to place this rose in your hair, foretells that you will be deceived. If a woman receives a bouquet of damask roses in springtime, she will have a faithful lover; but if she received them in winter, she will cherish blasted hopes.
Damson
This is a peculiarly good dream if one is so fortunate as to see these trees lifting their branches loaded with rich purple fruit and dainty foliage; one may expect riches compared with his present estate. To dream of eating them at any time, forebodes grief.
Dance
To dream of seeing a crowd of merry child ren dancing, signifies to the married, loving, obedient and intelligent children and a cheerful and comfortable home. To young people, it denotes easy tasks and many pleasures. To see older people dancing, denotes a brig hter outlook for business. To dream of dancing yourself, some unexpected good fortune will come to you.
Dancing Master
To dream of a dancing master, foretells you will neglect important affairs to pursue frivolities. For a young woman to dream that her lover is a dancing master, portends that she will have a friend in accordance with her views of pleasure and life.
Dandelion
Dandelions blossoming in green foliage, foretells happy unions and prosperous surroundings.
Danger
To dream of being in a perilous situation, and death seems iminent,{sic} denotes that you will emerge from obscurity into places o f distinc tion and h ono r; but if you should not escape the impending danger, and suffer death or a wound, you will lose in business and be annoyed in your home, and by others. If you are in love, your prospects will grow discouraging.
Dark
To dream of darkness overtaking you on a journey, augurs ill for any work you may attempt, unless the sun breaks through before the journey ends, then faults will be overcome. To lose your friend, or child, in the darkness, portends many provocations to wrath. Try to remain under control after dreaming of darkness, for trials in business and love will beset you.
Dates
To dream of seeing them on their parent trees, signifies prosperity and happy union; but to eat them as prepared for commerce, they are omens o f want and distress.
Daug hter-in-law
To dream of your d aughter-in-law, indicates some unusual occurencesic will add to happiness, or disquiet, according as she is pleasant or unreasonable.
David
To dream of David, of Bible fame, denotes divisions in domestic circles, and unsettled affairs, will tax heavily your nerve force.
Day
To dream of the day, denotes improvement in your situation, and pleasant associations. A gloomy or cloudy day, foretells loss and ill success in new enterprises.
Daybreak
To watc h the day break in a dream, omens successful undertakings, un less the scene is indis tinct and weird; then it may imply disappointment when success in business or love seems assured.
Debt
Debt is rather a bad dream, foretelling worries in business and love, and struggles for a competency; but if you have plenty to meet all your obligations, you r affairs will assume a favorable turn.
December
To dream of December, foretells accumulation of wealth, but loss of friendship. Strangers will occupy the position in the affections of some friend which was formerly held by you.
Deck
To dream of being on a ship and that a storm is raging, great disasters and unfortunate alliances will o vertake you; but if the sea is calm and the light distinct, your way is clear to success. For lovers, this dream augurs happiness. See Boat.
Decorate
To dream of decorating a p lace with bright-h ued flowers for some festive occasion, is significant of favorable turns in business, and, to the young, of continued rounds of social pleasures and fruitful study. To see the graves or caskets of the dead decorated with white flowers, is unfavorable to pleasure and worldly pursuits. To be decorating, or see others decorate for some heroic action, foretells that you will be worthy, but that few will recognize your ability.
Deed
To dream of seeing or signing deeds, portends a law suit, to gain which you should be careful in selecting your counsel, as you are likely to be the loser. To dream of signing any kind of a paper, is a bad omen for the dreamer. See Mortgage.
Delay
To be delayed in a dream, warns you of the scheming of enemies to prevent your progress.
Delight
To dream of experiencing delight over any event, signifies a favorable turn in affairs. For lovers to be delig hted with the conduct of their sweethearts, denotes pleasant greetings. To feel deligh t when looking on beautiful landscapes, prognosticates to the dreamer very great success and congenial associations.
Demand
To dream that a demand for charity comes in up on you, denotes that you will be placed in embarrassing situations, but by your persistency you will fully restore your good standing. If the demand is unjust, you will become a leader in your profession. For a lover to command you adversely, implies his, or her, leniency.
Dentist
To dream of a dentist working on your teeth, denotes that you will have occasion to doubt the sincerity and honor of some person with whom you have dealings. To see him at work on a young woman's teeth, denotes that you will soon be shocked by a scandal in circles near you.
Derrick
Derricks seen in a dream, indicates trife and obstruction in your way to success.
Desert
To dream of wandering through a gloomy and barren desert, denotes famine and uprisal of races and great loss of life and property. For a young woman to find herself alone in a desert, her health and reputation is being jeopardized by her indiscretion. She should be more cautio us.
Desk
To be using a desk in a dream, denotes unforeseen ill luck will rise before you. To see money on your desk, brings you unexpected extrication from private difficulties.
Despair
To be in despair in dreams, denotes that you w ill have many and cruel vexations in the working world. To see others in despair, foretells the distress and unhappy position of some relative or friend.
Detective
To dream of a detective keeping in your wake when yo u are innocent of charges preferred, denotes that fortune and honor are drawing nearer to you each d ay; but if you feel yourself guilty, you are likely to find your reputation at stake, and friends will turn from you. For a young woman, this is not a fortunate dream.
Devotion
For a farmer to dream of showing his devotion to God, or to his family, denotes plenteous crops and peaceful neighbors. To business people, this is a warning that nothing is to be gained by deceit. For a young woman to dream of being devout, implies her chastity and an adoring husband.
Dew
To feel the dew falling on you in your dreams, portends that yo u will be attacked by fever or so me malignant disease; but to see the dew sparkling through the grass in the sunlight, great honors and wealth are about to be heaped upon you. If you are single, a wealthy marriage will soon be your portion.
Diadem
To dream of a diadem, denotes that some honor will be tendered you for acceptance.
Dice
To dream of dice, is indicative of unfortunate speculations, and consequent misery and despair. It also foretells contagious sickness. For a girl to dream th at s he sees her lover throwing dice, indicates his unworthiness.
Dictionary
To dream that you are referring to a dictionary, signifies you will depend too much upon the opinion and suggestions of others for the clear management of your own affairs, which could be done with proper dispatch if your own will was given play.
Difficulty
This dream signifies temporary embarrassment for business men of all classes, including soldiers and writers. But to extricate yourself from difficulties, foretells your prosperity. For a woman to dream of being in difficulties, denotes that she is threatened with ill health or enemies. For lovers, this is a dream of contrariety, denoting pleasant courtship.
Digging
To dream of digging, denotes that you will never be in want, but life will be an uphill affair. To dig a hole and find any g littering substance, denotes a favorable turn in fortune; but to dig and open up a vast area of hollow mist, you will be harrassed with real misfortunes and be filled with gloomy forebodings. Water filling the hole that you dig, denotes that in spite of your most strenuous efforts things will not bend to your will.
Dinner
To dream that you eat your dinner alone, denotes that you will often have cause to think seriously of the necessaries of life. For a young woman to dream of taking dinner with her lover, is ind icative of a lovers' quarrel or a r up ture, unless the affair is one of harmonious pleasure, when the reverse may be expected. To be one of many invited guests at a dinner, denotes that you will enjoy the hospitalities of those who are able to extend to you many pleasant courtesies.
Dirt
To dream of seeing freshly stirred dirt around flowers or trees, denotes thrift and healthful conditions abound for the dreamer. To see your clothes soiled with unclean dirt, you will be forced to save yourself fro m contag ious diseases by leaving your home or submitting to the strictures of the law. To dream that some one thr ows dirt upon you, denotes that enemies will try to injure your character.
Dis ease
To dream that you are diseased, denotes a slight attack of illness, or of unpleasant dealings with a relative. For a young woman to dream that she is incurably diseased, denotes that she will be likely to lead a life of single blessedness.
Disgrace
To be worried in your dream over the disgraceful conduct of children or friends, will bring you unsatisfying hopes, and worries will harass you. To be in disgrace yourself, denotes that you will hold morality at a low rate, and you are in danger of lowering your reputation for uprightness. Enemies are also shadowing you.
Dish
To dream of handling dishes, denotes good fortune; but if from any cause they should be broken, this signifies that fortune will be short-lived for you. To see shelves of polished dishes, denotes success in marriage. To dream of d ishes, is prognostic of coming success and gain, and you will be able to fully appreciate your good luck. Soiled dishes, represent dissatisfaction and an unpromising future. See Crockery
Disinherited
To dream that you are disinherited, warns you to look well to your business and social standing. For a yo ung man to dream of losing his inheritance by d isobed ience, warns him that he will find favor in the eyes of his parents by contracting a suitable marriage. For a woman, this dream is a warning to be careful of her conduct, lest she meet with unfavorable fortune.
Dispute
To dream of holding disputes over trifles, indicates bad health and unfairness in judging others. To dream of disputing with learned people, shows that you have some latent ability, but are a little sluggish in developing it.
Dis taff
To dream of a distaff, denotes frugality, with pleasant surroundings. It also signifies that a devotional spirit will be cultivated by you.
Distance
To dream of being a long way from your residence, denotes that you will make a journey soon in which you may meet many strangers who will be instrumental in changing life from good to bad. To dream of friends at a distance, denotes slight disappointments. To dream of distance, signifies travel and a long journey. To see men plowing with oxen at a distance, ac ross broad fields, denotes advancing prosperity and honor. For a man to see strange women in the twiligh t, at a distance, and th rowing kisses to him, foretells that he will enter into an engagement with a new acquaintance, which will res ult in unhappy exposu res.
Ditch
To dream of falling in a ditch, denotes degradation and personal loss; but if you jump o verit, you will live down any suspicion of wrong-doing.
Diving
To dream of diving in clear water, denotes a favorable termination of some embarrassment. If the water is muddy, you will suffer anxiety at the turn your affairs seem to be taking. To see others diving, indicates pleasant companions. For lovers to dream of diving, denotes the consummation of happy dreams and passionate love.
Dividend
To dream of dividends, augments successful speculations or prosperous harvests. To fail in securing hoped-for dividends, proclaims failure in manag ement or love affairs.
Divining Rods
To see a divining rod in your dreams, foretells ill luck will dissatisfy you with present surroundings.
Divorce
To dream of being divorced, denotes that you are not satisfied with your companion, and should cultivate a more co ngenial atmosphere in the home life. It is a dream of warning. For women to dream of divorce, denotes that a single life may be theirs through the infidelity of lovers.
Docks
To dream of being on docks, denotes that you are about to make an unpropitious journey. Acciden ts will threaten you. If you are there, wandering alone, and darkness overtakes you, you will meet with deadly enemies, but if the sun be shining, you will escape threatening dangers.
Doctor
This is a most auspicious dream, deno ting good health and general p rosperity, if you meet him socially, for you will not then spend your money for his services. If you be young and engaged to marry him, then this dream warns you of deceit. To dream of a doctor professionally, signifies discouraging illness and disag reeab le d ifferences between members of a family. To dream that a doctor makes an incision in your flesh, trying to discover blood, but failing in his efforts, denotes that you will be tormented and injur ed by some evil person, who may try to make you pay out money for his debts. If he finds b lood, y ou will be the loser in so me transaction.
Dolphin
To dream of a dolphin, indicates your liability to come under a new government. It is not a very good dream.
Dome
To dream that you are in the dome of a b uilding, viewing a strange landscape, signifies a favorable change in your life. You will occupy honorable places among strangers. To behold a dome from a distance, portends that you will never reach the height of your ambition, and if you are in love, the object of your desires wills corn your attention.
Dominoes
To dream of playing at dominoes, and lose, you will be affronted by a friend, and much uneasiness for your safety will be entertained by your people, as you will no t be d iscreet in your affairs with women or other matters that engage your attention. If you are the winner of the game, it foretells that you will be much courted and admired by certain dissolute characters, bringing you selfish pleasures, but much distress to your relatives.
Doomsday
To dream that you are living on, and looking forward to seeing doomsday, is a warning for you to give substantial and material affairs close attention, or you will find that the artful and scheming friends you are entertaining will have possession of what they desire from you, which is you r wealth, and not your sentimentality. To a y oung woman, this dream encourages her to throw aside the attention of men above her in station and accept the love of an honest and deserving man near her.
Dowry
To dream that you fail to receive a dowry, signifies penury and a cold world to depend on for a living. If your eceive it, your expectations for the day will be fulfilled. The opposite may be expected if the dream is superinduced by the previous action o f the waking mind.
Dragon
To dream of a dragon, denotes that you allow yourself to be governed by your pas sions, and that you are likely to place yourself in the power of your enemies through those outbursts of sardonic tendencies. You should be warned by this dream to c ultivate self-control. See Devil.
Drama
To see a drama, signifies pleasant reunions with distant friends. To be bored with the perfo rmance o f a d rama, you will be forced to accept an uncongenial companion at some entertainment or secret affair. To write one, portends that you will be plunged into distress and debt, to be extricated as if by a miracle.
Dram-drinking
To be given to dram-drinking in your dreams, omens ill-natured rivalry and contention for small possession. To think you h ave quit dram-drinking, or find that others have done so, shows that you will rise ab ove present estate and rejoice in prosperity.
Draw-knife
To see or use a draw-knife, portends unfulfiled hopes or desires. Some fair prospect will loom before you, only to go down in mistake and disappointment.
Dressing
To think you are having troub le in d ressing, while dreaming, means s ome evil persons will worry and detain you fr om places of amusement. If you can't get dressed in time for a train, you will have many annoyances through the carelessness of others. You should depend on you r own efforts as far as possible, after these dreams, if you would secure contentment and full success.
Drinking
For a woman to d ream of hilarious drinking, denotes that she is engaging in affairs which may work to her discredit, though she may now find much pleasure in the same. If she dreams that she fails to drink clear water, though she us es her best effor ts to d o so, she will fail to enjoy some pleas ure that is insinuatingly offered her. See Water.
Dromedary
To dream of a dromedary, denotes that you will be the recipient of unexpected beneficence, and will wear your new honors with dig nity; you will dispense charity with a gracious hands. To lovers, this dream foretells congenial dispositions.
Dropsy
To dream of being afflicted with the dropsy, denotes illness for a time, but from which you will recover with renewed vigor. To see others thu s afflicted, denotes that you will hear from the absent shortly, and have tidings of their good health.
Drouth
This is an evil d ream, deno ting warring disputes between nations, and much bloods hed therefrom. Ship wrecks and land disasters will occur, and families will quarrel and separate; sickness will work damage also. Your affairs will go awry, as well.
Drowning
To dream of drowning, denotes loss of property and life; but if you are rescued, you will rise from your present position to one of wealth and honor. To see others drowning, and you go to their relief, signifies that yo u will aid your friend to high places, and will bring deserved happiness to yourself. For a young woman to see her sweetheart drowned, denotes her bereavement by death.
Drum
To hear the muffled beating of a drum, denotes that some absent friend is in distress and calls on you for aid. To see a drum, foretells amiability of character and a great aversion to quarrels and dissensions. It is an omen of prosperity to the sailor, the farmer and the tradesman alike.
Drunk
This is an unfavorable dream if you are drunk on heavy liquors, indicating profligacy and loss of employment. You will be disgraced by sto oping to forgery or theft. If drunk on wine, you will be fortunate in trade and love-making, and will scale exalted heights in literary pursuits. This dream is always the bearer of aesthetic experiences. To see others in a drunken condition, foretells for you, and probably others, unhappy states. Drunkenness in all forms is unreliable as a good dream. All classes are warned by this dream to shift their thoughts into more healthful channels.
Ducks
To dream of seeing wild ducks on a clear stream of water, signifies fortunate journeys, perhaps across the sea. White ducks around a farm, indicate thrift and a fine harvest. To hunt ducks, denotes disp lacement in emp lo yment in the carrying out of plans. To see them shot, signifies that enemies are meddling with your private affairs. To see them flying, foretells a brighter future for you. It also denotes marriage, and children in the new home.
Duet
To dream of hearing a duet played, denotes a peaceful and even existence for lovers. No quarrels, as is customary in this sort of thing. Business people carry on a mild rivalry. To musical people, this denotes competition and wr angling for superiority. To hear a duet sung, is unpleasant tidings from the absent; but this will not last, as some new pleasure will displace the unpleasantness.
Dulcimer
To dream of a dulcimer, denotes that the highest wishes in life will be attained by exalted qualities of mind. To wo men, this is s ig nificant of a life free from those petty jealousies which usually make women unhappy.
Dumb
To dream of being dumb, indicates your inability to persuade others into your mode of thinking, and using them for your profit by your glibness of tongue. To the dumb, it denotes false friends.
Dun
To dream that you receive a dun, warns you to look after your affairs and correct all tendency towards neglect of business and love.
Dungeon
To dream of being in a dungeon, foretells for you struggles with the vital affairs of life but b y wise dealing you will dis enthrall yourself of obs tacles and the designs of enemies. For a woman this is a dark foreb oding; by her wilful indiscretion she will lose her position among honorable people. To see a dungeon lighted up, portends that you are threatened with entanglements of which your better judgment warns you.
Dunghill
To dream of a dunghill, you will see profits coming in through the most unexpected sources. To the farmer this is a lu cky d ream, ind icating fine seasons and abundant products from soil and stock. For a young woman, it denotes that she will unknowingly marry a man of great wealth.
Dusk
This is a dream of sadness; it portends an early decline and unrequited hopes. Dark outlok for trade and pursuits of any nature is prolonged by this dream.
Dust
To dream of dust covering you, denotes that you will be slightly injured in business by the failure of others. For a yo ung woman, this denotes that she will be set aside by her lover for a newer flame. If you free yourself of the dust by using judicious measures, you will clear up the loss.
Dwarf
This is a very favorable d ream. If th e dwarf is well form ed and pleasing in appearance, it omens you will never be dwarfed in mind or stature. Health and good constitution will admit of your engaging in many profitable pursuits both of mind and body. To see your friends dwarfed, denotes their health, and you will have many pleasures through them. Ugly and hideous dwarfs, always forebodes distressing states.
Dye
To see the dyeing of cloth or garments in process, your bad or good luck depends on the color. Blues, reds and gold, indicate prosperity; black and white, indicate sorrow in all forms.
Dynamite
To see dynamite in a dream, is a sign of approaching change and the expanding of one's affairs. To be frightened by it, indicates that a secret enemy is at work against you, and if you are not careful of your conduct he will disclose himself at an unexpected and helpless moment.
Dynamo
To dream of a dynamo, omens s uccessful enterp rises if attention is shown to details of business. One out of repair, shows you are nearing enemies who will involve you in trouble.
