Noun
something that is read; "the article was a very good read"

Verb
make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

Verb
be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

Verb
to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"

Verb
interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can''t take credit for this!"

Verb
interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

Verb
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"

Verb
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can''t read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball"

Verb
obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

Verb
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty''"

Verb
audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Cesar'' at Stratford this year"

Verb
have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

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n.
Rennet. See 3d Reed.

imp. & p. p.
of Read

v. t.
To advise; to counsel.

v. t.
To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.

v. t.
To tell; to declare; to recite.

v. t.
To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.

v. t.
Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.

v. t.
To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.

v. t.
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.

v. i.
To give advice or counsel.

v. i.
To tell; to declare.

v. i.
To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.

v. i.
To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.

v. i.
To learn by reading.

v. i.
To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.

v. i.
To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.

v. t.
Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.

v.
Reading.

imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.

a.
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.

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Read

Read , n. Rennet. See 3d Reed. [Prov. Eng.]

Read

Read , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Read ; p. pr. & vb. n. Reading.] [OE. reden, r'91den, AS. r&aemac;dan to read, advice, counsel, fr. r&aemac;d advise, counsel, r&aemac;dan (imperf. reord) to advice, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r'be&edh;a, Goth. r&emac;dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r'bedh to succeed. &root;116. Cf. Riddle.] 1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede.

Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine.

2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. 3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.]

But read how art thou named, and of what kin.

4. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.

Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille.

Well could he rede a lesson or a story.

5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.

Who is't can read a woman?

6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.

An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity.

Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor.

7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. To read one's self in, to read about the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.

Read

Read, v. t. 1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.] 2. To tell; to declare. [Obs.] Spenser. 3. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.

So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense.

4. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar. 5. To learn by reading.

I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence.

6. To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts. 7. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly. To read between the lines, to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.

Read

Read, n. [AS. r&aemac;d counsel, fr. r&aemac;dan to counsel. See Read, v. t.] 1. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede. [Obs.] 2. [Read, v.] Reading. [Colloq.] Hume.

One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read.

Read

Read , imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.

Read

Read , a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.

A poet . . . well read in Longinus.

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede.

To give advice or counsel.

Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.

imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.

Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.