What is the meaning of read?

noun

• Something that is read.
  • usage: "the article was a very good read"

verb

• Interpret something that is written or printed.
  • usage: "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie"
• Have or contain a certain wording or form.
  • usage: "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say"
  • synonyms: say
• Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed.
  • usage: "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
• Obtain data from magnetic tapes.
  • usage: "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
  • synonyms: scan
• Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior.
  • usage: "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
• Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.
  • usage: "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message"; "You can't take credit for this"
  • synonyms: take
• Be a student of a certain subject.
  • usage: "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • synonyms: learn, study, take
• Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.
  • usage: "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • synonyms: register, show, record
• Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role.
  • usage: "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
• To hear and understand.
  • usage: "I read you loud and clear"
• Make sense of a language.
  • usage: "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek"
  • synonyms: understand, interpret, translate