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Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /drɛ̝ːd/, /drɛd/, /-ə/ Forms: dredes [plural], drede [alternative], dret [alternative], dride [alternative]
Etymology: A back-formation from dreden. Etymology templates: {{back-form|enm|dreden|nocap=1}} back-formation from dreden Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} dred, {{enm-noun|dredes}} dred (plural dredes)
  1. Fear, dread; the state of being frightened:
    Anxiousness; the state of being anxious.
    Sense id: en-dred-enm-noun-mx~Sy8bF Categories (other): Middle English back-formations, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Fear Disambiguation of Middle English back-formations: 26 26 24 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 24 11 13 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 25 25 11 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 26 11 11 2 Disambiguation of Fear: 39 39 15 4 4 0
  2. Fear, dread; the state of being frightened:
    (rare) Fearfulness; the state of tending to fear.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-dred-enm-noun-jZa31utn Categories (other): Middle English back-formations, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Fear Disambiguation of Middle English back-formations: 26 26 24 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 24 11 13 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 25 25 11 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 26 11 11 2 Disambiguation of Fear: 39 39 15 4 4 0
  3. Awe, veneration; fearful respect.
    Sense id: en-dred-enm-noun-41K4fwKy Categories (other): Middle English back-formations, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Fear Disambiguation of Middle English back-formations: 26 26 24 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 24 11 13 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 25 25 11 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 26 11 11 2 Disambiguation of Fear: 39 39 15 4 4 0
  4. Danger or jeopardy; something causing danger.
    Sense id: en-dred-enm-noun-g07~Hyv1 Categories (other): Middle English back-formations, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English back-formations: 26 26 24 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 24 11 13 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 25 25 11 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 26 11 11 2
  5. (with a negative) Lack of certainty; doubt.
    Sense id: en-dred-enm-noun-bFtgbfwp Categories (other): Middle English back-formations, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English back-formations: 26 26 24 13 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 24 11 13 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 25 25 11 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 26 11 11 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dreden, dredful, dredfully, dredfulnesse, dredles, drednesse, dredy
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} dred
  1. alternative form of dreden Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dreden
    Sense id: en-dred-enm-verb-dcrVx3Uq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /dreːd/ Forms: drēd [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form|head=drēd}} drēd
  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of drǣdan Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, preterite, singular, third-person Form of: drǣdan
    Sense id: en-dred-ang-verb-rBvaTrxv Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈdrɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from English dread(lock), from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks. Etymology templates: {{bor+|pl|en|dreadlock|dread(lock)}} Borrowed from English dread(lock), {{der|pl|jam|dreadlocks}} Jamaican Creole dreadlocks Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in}} dred m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in|gens=dreda}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dred [nominative, singular], dredy [nominative, plural], dreda [genitive, singular], dredów [genitive, plural], dredowi [dative, singular], dredom [dative, plural], dred [accusative, singular], dredy [accusative, plural], dredem [instrumental, singular], dredami [instrumental, plural], dredzie [locative, singular], dredach [locative, plural], dredzie [singular, vocative], dredy [plural, vocative]
  1. (chiefly in the plural) dread (hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings) Tags: in-plural, inanimate, masculine

Noun [Volapük]

IPA: /dred/
Etymology: Borrowing from English dread. Etymology templates: {{bor|vo|en|dread}} English dread Head templates: {{head|vo|noun|nominative plural|dreds|f1accel-form=nom|p|head=|sort=}} dred (nominative plural dreds), {{vo-noun}} dred (nominative plural dreds) Forms: dreds [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], dred [nominative, singular], dreds [nominative, plural], dreda [genitive, singular], dredas [genitive, plural], drede [dative, singular], dredes [dative, plural], dredi [accusative, singular], dredis [accusative, plural], o dred! [singular, vocative], o dreds! [plural, vocative], dredu [predicative, singular], dredus [plural, predicative]
  1. fear, fright
    Sense id: en-dred-vo-noun-DwKsK7Ja Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Volapük entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Lack of certainty; doubt."
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        "(with a negative) Lack of certainty; doubt."
      ],
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        "with a negative"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/drɛ̝ːd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/drɛd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ə/"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dredy",
      "source": "declension",
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        {
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        "(chiefly in the plural) dread (hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)"
      ],
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        "in-plural",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdrɛt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "plural"
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      "form": "dredu",
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        "Lack of certainty; doubt."
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        "(with a negative) Lack of certainty; doubt."
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      "ipa": "/drɛd/"
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    }
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}

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}

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    }
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}

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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dredzie",
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      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
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        "locative",
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      "form": "dredzie",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "dredy",
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    "dred"
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        "dred"
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        "Polish terms derived from English",
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        "Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
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        "(chiefly in the plural) dread (hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdrɛt/"
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}

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        "plural"
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        "table-tags"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "dredas",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drede",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "dredes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "dredi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dredis",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "vocative"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "ipa": "/dred/"
    }
  ],
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}

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