Definitions for the word "read" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
Rennet. See 3d Reed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. imp. & p. p.
of Read
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To advise; to counsel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To tell; to declare; to recite.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To give advice or counsel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To tell; to declare.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. i.
To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. i.
To learn by reading.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. v. i.
To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. v. t.
Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. v.
Reading.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19.
imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
20. a.
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
21. v.
(past and past part. Read) 1 (also absol.) Reproduce mentally or (often foll. By aloud, out, off, etc.) Vocally the written or printed words of (a book, author, etc.). 2 convert or be able to convert into the intended words or meaning (written or other symbols or the things expressed in this way) (can''t read music). 3 understand by observing; interpret (read me like a book; read his silence as consent; read my mind; reads tea-leaves). 4 find (a thing) stated in print etc. (read that you were leaving). 5 (often foll. By into) assume as intended or deducible (read too much into it). 6 bring into a specified state by reading (read myself to sleep). 7 a (of a recording instrument) show (a specified figure etc.). B interpret (a recording instrument) (read the meter). 8 convey meaning when read; have a certain wording (it reads persuasively; reads from left to right). 9 sound or affect a hearer or reader when read (the book reads like a parody). 10 study by reading (esp. A subject at university). 11 (as read adj.) Versed in a subject (esp. Literature) by reading (well-read person). 12 (of a computer) copy or transfer (data). 13 hear and understand (over a radio) (are you reading me?). 14 replace (a word etc.) With the correct one(s) (for ‘this’ read ‘these’). n. 1 spell of reading. 2 colloq. Book etc. As regards readability (is a good read). read between the lines look for or find hidden meaning. Read up (often followed by on) make a special study of (a subject). Take as read treat (a thing) as if it has been agreed. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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