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    [Verb]  | "dread" | \ ˈdred \


    1: to fear greatly

    2: to regard with awe

    3: to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan;

    [Noun]  | "dread" 


    1: great fear especially in the face of impending evil

    2: extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect

    3: awe

    Origin: 13th century ;

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    [Adjective]  | "dread" 


    1: causing great fear or anxiety

    2: inspiring awe

    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: ;

    [Verb]  | "dread" 


    [Adjective]  | "dread" 


    1: causing fear;


      * e.g., " ... every ship on the Spanish Main was terrified of running into the dread pirate "



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    [Noun]  | "dread" 


    1: suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune;


      * e.g., " ... the dread felt by people awaiting bad news "



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    2: the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger;


      * e.g., " ... we were filled with dread when we saw the rapids we would be rafting down "



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    3: something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason;


      * e.g., " ... speaking in public is a perennial dread for many people "



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     [ "dread" ]

    1: A Rastafarian. Short for "natty dread" and derived from "dreadlocks."

      * e.g.,  ... "Dread at the controls!" 

     [ "dread" ]

    1: A person who sports the ever popular dreadlock hair style.

      * e.g.,  ... One dread may say to another, "easy dread" 

     [ "dread" ]

    1: mean, cold, heartless, dark

      * e.g.,  ... "fuck that thats TOO dread" 

     [ "dread" ]

    1: Ghetto term for a jamaican person.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo son, go hit up dat dread on da cohna fo sum haze. 

     [ "dread" ]

    1: Swedish 1337 all-knower.

      * e.g.,  ... That dread dude still rocks on Bnet? 

     [ "dreadful" ]

    1: extremely bad or serious

      * e.g.,  ... there's been a dreadful accident 

     [ "dreads" ]

    1: dreadlocks (hair style) made popular by rastas. Got its name from the 'white mans' supposed aversion to them, hence DREAD locks.

      * e.g.,  ... Bob Marley's Hair (may he rest in peace) 

     [ "dreads" ]

    1: dread-locks

      * e.g.,  ... nice dreads dude 

     [ "Dread" ]

    1: Bahamian slang for man or bey

      * e.g.,  ... mudda sick dread you see dat girl 

     [ "Dread" ]

    1: Popular Word, Caribean/Bahamian Roots. Showing astonishment.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dread...I can't belive we won..." 

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