Read word meaning and definition

[noun] something that is read; "the article was a very good read"
[adjective] having been read; often used in combination; "a widely read newspaper"
[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] 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 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"
[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?"

\Read\, n. Rennet. See 3d {Reed}. [Prov. Eng.]
\Read\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Read}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reading}.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read, advice, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advise, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advice, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r[=a][eth]a, Goth. r[=e]dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r[=a]dh 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. --Tyndale. 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. --Spenser. 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. --Chaucer. Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer. 5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. Who is't can read a woman? --Shak. 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. --Spenser. Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. --Shak. 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\, 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. --Neh. viii. 8. 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. --Swift. 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\, n. [AS. r[=ae]d counsel, fr. r[=ae]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. --Furnivall.
\Read\, imp. & p. p. of {Read}, v. t. & i.
\Read\, a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. A poet . . . well read in Longinus. --Addison.

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