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dread
dread / dred/ • v. [tr.] anticipate with great apprehension or fear: Jane was dreading the party | I dread to think what Russell will say. ∎ archaic regard with great awe or reverence. • n. 1. great fear or apprehension: the thought of returning to New Jersey filled her with dread | [in sing.] I used to have a dread of Sunday afternoons. 2. inf. a person with dreadlocks. ∎ (dreads) dreadlocks. • adj. greatly feared; dreadful: he was stricken with the dread disease and died. ∎ archaic regarded with awe; greatly revered: that dread being we dare oppose. |
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"dread." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dread." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dread.html "dread." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dread.html |
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dread vb. XII. ME. drēden, aphetic of OE. adrǣdan, late form of ondrǣdan = OS. antdrādan, OHG. intrātan, f. ond-, and-, (as in ANSWER) + a WGmc. base of obscure orig.
Hence sb. XII. dreadnought thick coat worn in rough weather XIX; specially powerful type of battleship XX. |
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T. F. HOAD. "dread." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "dread." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dread.html T. F. HOAD. "dread." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dread.html |
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•abed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, underfed, wed
•trackbed • flatbed • deathbed
•airbed • daybed • seabed
•reed bed, seedbed
•sickbed • childbed • hotbed • roadbed
•footbed • sunbed • sofa bed
•waterbed • feather bed • breastfed
•dripfed • spoonfed • Szeged
•blackhead
•cathead, fathead, Flathead
•masthead
•bedhead, deadhead, redhead
•egghead
•airhead, stairhead
•railhead • maidenhead • Gateshead
•beachhead • greenhead • meathead
•bighead • bridgehead
•dickhead, thickhead
•pinhead, skinhead
•pithead • Holyhead • sleepyhead
•fountainhead • whitehead • godhead
•blockhead
•drophead, hophead, mophead
•hothead • hogshead
•sorehead, warhead
•Roundhead • bonehead • arrowhead
•bullhead • wooden-head • sub-head
•bulkhead
•chucklehead, knucklehead
•drumhead • muttonhead • spearhead
•go-ahead • dunderhead • figurehead
•loggerhead • hammerhead
•letterhead • bobsled • cirriped • biped
•moped • quadruped
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"dread." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dread." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dread.html "dread." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dread.html |
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