Transitive Verbs with EAD

Browse 113 verified English transitive verbs containing the letters EAD, including Read, Head, Lead, Ready, Bread, Spread and Thread. Filter these action words that take a direct object by word length below, or study direct object patterns and examples in our verb grammar guide.

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Starts with B
13 words
bread
bead
breadcrumb
breadcrumbs
behead
breadboard
breadcrumbing
blacklead
bestead
bespread
beadblast
breadthen
betread
Starts with C
5 words
cheerlead
colead
cohead
copyread
counterplead
Starts with D
15 words
deadline
dread
dreads
deadlock
deadpan
deadname
deaden
deadlift
dreadlock
deadbolt
deadhead
deadstick
delead
despread
dispread
Starts with E
1 words
embread
Starts with F
2 words
farmsteading
foreread
Starts with H
10 words
head
headquarters
headline
homestead
headbutt
headlock
headquarter
headhunt
headfuck
headreach
Starts with I
2 words
interplead
implead
Starts with K
1 words
knead
Starts with L
3 words
lead
leaded
lipread
Starts with M
8 words
mislead
misread
masthead
misreading
muckspread
misplead
mistread
misdread
Starts with O
5 words
overspread
outspread
outread
outlead
overread
Starts with P
8 words
plead
proofreading
proofread
preadmit
preadjust
preadapt
preadopt
preadmonish
Starts with R
19 words
read
ready
reread
readjust
readmit
retread
readdress
readd
readminister
readapt
rethread
readvertise
readvance
readdict
readopt
readvise
replead
respread
readorn
Starts with S
9 words
spread
steady
spearhead
stead
subhead
sightread
speedread
spreadeagle
speedreading
Starts with T
4 words
thread
threads
tread
treadle
Starts with U
8 words
unsteady
unthreaded
unthread
underread
untread
unhead
unlead
uplead

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