dreads

Verb

Plain form dread

Third-person singular dreads

Past tense dreaded

Past participle dreaded

Present participle dreading

1. The third-person singular form of dread.

Noun

Singular dread

Plural dreads

1. (uncountable) (plural) If you wear your hair in dreads, you grow it into long matted strings.
   • Synonym: dreadlocks

   She had the longest dreads I'd ever seen.