Main entry: read
Definition: something that is read
Usage: the article was a very good read
Main entry: interpret, understand, translate, read
Definition: make sense of a language
Usage: She understands French; Can you read Greek?
Main entry: take, study, read, learn
Definition: be a student of a certain subject
Usage: She is reading for the bar exam
Main entry: read
Definition: to hear and understand
Usage: I read you loud and clear!
Definition: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
Usage: I read this address as a satire; How should I take this message?; You can't take credit for this!
Main entry: read
Definition: interpret something that is written or printed
Usage: read the advertisement; Have you read Salman Rushdie?
Main entry: read
Definition: look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
Usage: The King will read the proclamation at noon
Main entry: read
Definition: interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
Usage: She read the sky and predicted rain; I can't read his strange behavior; The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball
Definition: obtain data from magnetic tapes
Usage: This dictionary can be read by the computer
Main entry: show, record, register, read
Definition: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
Usage: The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero; The gauge read `empty'
Main entry: read
Definition: audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
Usage: He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year
Definition: have or contain a certain wording or form
Usage: The passage reads as follows; What does the law say?