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Definitions of 'READ' Wordnet 

1. (verb) read
something that is read
"the article was a very good read"

2. (verb) read
interpret something that is written or printed
"read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

3. (verb) read, say
have or contain a certain wording or form
"The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

4. (verb) read
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
"The King will read the proclamation at noon"

5. (verb) read, scan
obtain data from magnetic tapes
"This dictionary can be read by the computer"

6. (verb) read
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
"She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"

7. (verb) take, read
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!"

8. (verb) learn, study, read, take
be a student of a certain subject
"She is reading for the bar exam"

9. (verb) read, register, show, record
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
"The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"

10. (verb) read
audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
"He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"

11. (verb) read
to hear and understand
"I read you loud and clear!"

12. (verb) understand, read, interpret, translate
make sense of a language
"She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"


Definitions of 'READ' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) READ
instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned

2. (noun) READ
rennet. See 3d Reed

3.  READ
of Read

4.  READ
reading

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

6. (verb) READ
to advise; to counsel

7. (verb) READ
to interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle

8. (verb) READ
to tell; to declare; to recite

9. (verb) READ
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

10. (verb) READ
hence, to know fully; to comprehend

11. (verb) READ
to discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation

12. (verb) READ
to make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law

13. (verb) READ
to give advice or counsel

14. (verb) READ
to tell; to declare

15. (verb) READ
to perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document

16. (verb) READ
to study by reading; as, he read for the bar

17. (verb) READ
to learn by reading

18. (verb) READ
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

19. (verb) READ
to produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly

20. (verb) READ
saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede


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