Definitions from Wiktionary (dread)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To fear greatly.
▸ verb:  To anticipate with fear.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
▸ noun:  Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
▸ noun:  Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
▸ noun:  Somebody or something dreaded.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A person highly revered.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
▸ noun:  A Rastafarian.
▸ adjective:  Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
▸ adjective:  (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
▸ noun:  (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock. [A single strand of dreadlocks.]
▸ noun:  (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought. [(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.]
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