'READ' definitions:

Definition of 'read'

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noun
Something that is read; "the article was a very good read"
verb
Interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
verb
Have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: read, say]
verb
Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
verb
Obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" [syn: read, scan]
verb
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"
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!" [syn: take, read]
verb
Be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take]
verb
Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record]
verb
Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
verb
To hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
verb
Make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret, translate]

Definition of 'Read'

From: GCIDE
  • Read \Read\ (r[=e]d), n. Rennet. See 3d Reed. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Read'

From: GCIDE
  • Read \Read\ (r[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Read (r[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reading.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read, advise, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advice, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advise, 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • But read how art thou named, and of what kin. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. [1913 Webster]
  • Who is't can read a woman? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. [1913 Webster]
  • An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. [1913 Webster]
  • To read one's self in, to read aloud 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Read'

From: GCIDE
  • Read \Read\ (r[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Read (r[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reading.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read, advise, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advice, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advise, 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • But read how art thou named, and of what kin. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. [1913 Webster]
  • Who is't can read a woman? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. [1913 Webster]
  • An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. [1913 Webster]
  • To read one's self in, to read aloud 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Read'

From: GCIDE
  • Read \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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [Read, v.] Reading. [Colloq.] --Hume. [1913 Webster]
  • One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read. --Furnivall. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Read'

From: GCIDE
  • Read \Read\ (r[e^]d), imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Read'

From: GCIDE
  • Read \Read\, v. i.
  • 1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To tell; to declare. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense. --Neh. viii. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To learn by reading. [1913 Webster]
  • I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Read'

From: GCIDE
  • Read \Read\ (r[e^]d), a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. [1913 Webster]
  • A poet . . . well read in Longinus. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'read'

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Acronyms for 'read'

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  • Relative Element Address Designate (cryptography)

Words containing 'READ'