(noun.)somethingthatisread;'thearticlewasaverygoodread'.
(verb.)tohearandunderstand;'Ireadyouloudandclear!'.
(verb.)interpretsomethingthatiswrittenorprinted;'readtheadvertisement';'HaveyoureadSalmanRushdie'.
(verb.)lookat,interpret,andsayoutloudsomethingthatiswrittenorprinted;'TheKingwillreadtheproclamationatnoon'.
(verb.)interpretthesignificanceof,asofpalms,tealeaves,intestines,thesky;alsoofhumanbehavior;'Shereadtheskyandpredictedrain';'Ican'treadhisstrangebehavior';'Thefortunetellerreadhisfateinthecrystalball'.
(verb.)obtaindatafrommagnetictapes;'Thisdictionarycanbereadbythecomputer'.
(verb.)indicateacertainreading;ofgaugesandinstruments;'Thethermometershowedthirteendegreesbelowzero';'Thegaugeread`empty''.
(verb.)auditionforastagerolebyreadingpartsofarole;'Heisauditioningfor`JuliusCaesar'atStratfordthisyear'.
(verb.)haveorcontainacertainwordingorform;'Thepassagereadsasfollows';'Whatdoesthelawsay'.