read in WordNet English dictionary

1. make sense of a language
   "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
   understand  read  interpret  translate 
   
2. be a student of a certain subject
   "She is reading for the bar exam"
   learn  study  read  take 
   
3. interpret something that is written or printed
   "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
   read 
   
4. look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
   "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
   read 
   
5. 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"
   read 
   
6. obtain data from magnetic tapes
   "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
   read  scan 
   
7. to hear and understand
   "I read you loud and clear!"
   read 
   
8. 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!"
   take  read 
   
9. indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
   "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
   read  register  show  record 
   
10. audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
    "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
    read 
    
11. have or contain a certain wording or form
    "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
    read  say 
    

1. something that is read
   "the article was a very good read"
   read