A strong feeling of fear or apprehension about something that may happen. She felt a sense of dread as she waited for the test results.
A person or thing that is greatly feared. The monster in the story was a dread to all the villagers.
A Rastafarian person or, loosely, a person who wears dreadlocks. The reggae concert was filled with dreads celebrating their culture.
(usually plural dreads) A hairstyle consisting of many long, matted or ropelike locks of hair; dreadlocks. He grew his dreads for years without cutting them.