dream up

verb

dreamed up or dreamt up; dreaming up; dreams up

transitive verb

: to form in the mind : devise, concoct

Examples of dream up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Next, with the help of artificial colorings, flavorings, texturizers and glue-like emulsifiers, ingredients are mixed, heated, pounded, shaped or extruded into any food a manufacturer can dream up. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025

So Provo began to dream up what the spot in West Plaza’s antique district could be. —Kansas City Star, 13 Dec. 2025

The Valentino Garavani DeVain bag, dreamt up by Alessandro Michele, was the star of the show as guests gathered at Chez Fifi on East 74th Street—the French bistro being one of the hardest reservations in the city to snag right now. —Freya Drohan, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025

Each year, noteworthy families flock to the famed Hotel Shangri-La in Paris for a formal celebration of the debutantes, who traditionally work with designers to dream up bespoke haute couture gowns. —Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dream up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup