read

1. (noun) A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play. 2. (noun) (in combination) Something to be read; a written work. 3. (noun) A person's interpretation or impression of something. 4. (noun) An instance of reading. 5. (verb) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. 6. (verb) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object. 7. (verb) To read work(s) written by (a named author). 8. (verb) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from. 9. (verb) To consist of certain text. 10. (verb) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way. 11. (verb) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text. 12. (verb) (usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term. 13. (verb) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection. 14. (verb) To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal) 15. (verb) (except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks. 16. (verb) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.). 17. (verb) To think, believe; to consider (that). 18. (verb) To advise; to counsel. See rede. 19. (verb) To tell; to declare; to recite. 20. (verb) To recognise (someone) as being transgender. 21. (verb) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.