read

fe’l verb

1. To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. Have you read this book?
2. To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object. All right, class, who wants to read next?
3. To read work(s) written by (a named author). At the moment I'm reading Milton.
4. To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from. I can read his feelings in his face.

ot noun

1. (in combination) Something to be read; a written work. His thrillers are always a gripping read.
2. A person's interpretation or impression of something. What's your read of the current political situation?
3. A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.
4. An instance of reading.