anticipate with great apprehension or fear

Jane was dreading the party

I dread to think what Russell will say

regard with great awe or reverence

the man whom Henry dreaded as the future champion of English freedom

great fear or apprehension

the thought of returning to London filled her with dread

I used to have a dread of Friday afternoons

a person with dreadlocks

the band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike

a sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds

flocks of wood sandpiper, often excitable, noisy, and given to dreads

greatly feared; dreadful

he was stricken with the dread disease and died

regarded with awe; greatly revered

that dread being we dare oppose