read

verb

1. To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

   “Have you read this book?”

2. To be understood or physically read in a specific way.

   “Arabic reads right to left.”

3. To read a work or works written by the named author.

   “At the moment I'm reading Milton.”

4. To speak aloud words or other information that is written.

   “He read us a passage from his new book.”

noun

1. A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.

   “I had a read of the evening papers.”

2. Something to be read; a written work.

   “His thrillers are always a gripping read.”

3. A person's interpretation or impression of something.

   “What's your read of the current political situation?”

4. An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).

verb

1. simple past and past participle of read