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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dread/dred/
▶verb
  • 1 anticipate with great apprehension or fear.
  • 2 archaic regard with great awe.
▶noun
  • 1 great fear or apprehension.
  • 2 (dreads) informal dreadlocks.
  • 3 a sudden take-off of a flock of birds.
▶adjective
  • 1 greatly feared; dreadful.
  • 2 archaic regarded with awe.
– derivatives
dreaded adjective.
– origin OE ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of W. Gmc origin.



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