read
read is a 4-letter English word with 32 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Rennet. See 3d Reed. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Rennet. See 3d Reed.
- past tense & past participle. of Read
- transitive verb. To advise; to counsel.
- transitive verb. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
- transitive verb. To tell; to declare; to recite.
- transitive verb. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
- transitive verb. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
- transitive verb. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
- transitive verb. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
- intransitive verb. To give advice or counsel.
- intransitive verb. To tell; to declare.
- intransitive verb. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
- intransitive verb. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
- intransitive verb. To learn by reading.
- intransitive verb. To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
- intransitive verb. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
- transitive verb. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
- verb. Reading.
- imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
- adjective. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
- noun. something that is read
"the article was a very good read"
- verb. make sense of a language
"She understands French"
"Can you read Greek?"
- verb. be a student of a certain subject
"She is reading for the bar exam"
- verb. to hear and understand
"I read you loud and clear!"
- verb. 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?"
- verb. interpret something that is written or printed
"read the advertisement"
"Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
- verb. look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
"The King will read the proclamation at noon"
- verb. 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"
- verb. obtain data from magnetic tapes
"This dictionary can be read by the computer"
- verb. indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
"The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"
"The gauge read `empty'"
- verb. audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
"He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
- verb. have or contain a certain wording or form
"The passage reads as follows"
"What does the law say?"
Synonyms
interpret, translate, understand, learn, study, take, scan, record, register, show, say
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in read:
Common word forms
reads, reader, reading, readable
Words from these letters
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