Word Meaning

reads definition and meaning

n. Rennet. See 3d Reed.
imp. & p. p. of Read
v. t. To advise; to counsel.
v. t. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
v. t. To tell; to declare; to recite.
v. t. 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.
v. t. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
v. t. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
v. t. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
v. i. To give advice or counsel.
v. i. To tell; to declare.
v. i. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
v. i. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
v. i. To learn by reading.
v. i. 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.
v. i. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
v. t. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
v. Reading.
imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.

Crossword clues for reads

- Expound
- Interpret
- Library patrons do this differently, dear
- Peruse
- Peruse print
- Peruse writing
- Perused
- Pore over
- Say aloud from text
- Scan
- Scan (bar code)
- Scan (barcode)
- Study
- Study a book
- Use book to or from toreador
- Decodes
- Follows text
- Goes through a book
- Peruses print
- Peruses writing
- Scans (bar code)
- Scans book for mention of tall grasses
- Tries out for a part