Definition of reads

"reads" in the noun sense

1. read

something that is read

"the article was a very good read"

"reads" in the verb sense

1. read

interpret something that is written or printed

"read the advertisement"

"Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

2. read, say

have or contain a certain wording or form

"The passage reads as follows"

"What does the law say?"

3. read

look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

"The King will read the proclamation at noon"

4. read, scan

obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

"This dictionary can be read by the computer"

5. read

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"

"The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"

6. take, read

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?"

7. learn, study, read, take

be a student of a certain subject

"She is reading for the bar exam"

8. read, register, show, record

indicate a certain reading of gauges and instruments

"The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"

"The gauge read `empty'"

9. read

audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

"He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"

10. read

to hear and understand

"I read you loud and clear!"

11. understand, read, interpret, translate

make sense of a language

"She understands French"

"Can you read Greek?"

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Quotations for reads

When the last reader reads no more. [ Oliver Wendell Holmes ]

Woe be to him that reads but one book. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Many books,
Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads
Incessantly, and to his reading brings not
A spirit and judgment equal or superior,
Uncertain and unsettled still remains -
Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. [ Milton ]

Trade hardly deems the busy day begun,
Till his keen eye along the sheet has run;
The blooming daughter throws her needle by.
And reads her schoolmate's marriage with a sigh;
While the grave mother puts her glasses on.
And gives a tear to some old crony gone.
The preacher, too, his Sunday theme lays down,
To know what last new folly fills the town;
Lively or sad, life's meanest, mightiest things.
The fate of fighting cocks, or fighting kings. [ Sprague ]

Every reader reads himself out of the book that he reads. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

To a woman, the romances she makes are more amusing than those she reads. [ T. Gautier ]

We live in an age that reads too much to be wise and thinks too much to be beautiful. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

From the beginning and to the end of time, love reads without letters and counts without arithmetic. [ John Ruskin ]

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good. [ Sam'l Johnson ]

A man philosophizes better than a woman on the human heart, but she reads the hearts of men better than he. [ J. J. Rousseau ]

What blockheads are those wise persons who think it necessary that a child should comprehend everything it reads! [ Southey ]

Every reader reads himself out of the book that he reads; nay, has he a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with the author's. [ Goethe ]

No man reads a book of science from pure inclination. The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of events. [ Dr. Johnson ]

A beau is one who arranges his curled locks gracefully, who ever smells of balm, and cinnamon; who hums the songs of the Nile, and Cadiz; who throws his sleek arms into various attitudes; who idles away the whole day among the chairs of the ladies and is ever whispering into some one's ear; who reads little billets-doux from this quarter and that, and writes them in return; who avoids ruffling his dress by contact with his neighbors sleeve, who knows with whom everybody is in love; who flutters from feast to feast, who can recount exactly the pedigree of Hirpinus. What do you tell me? is this a beau, Cotilus? Then a beau, Cotilus, is a very trifling thing. [ Martial ]

reads in Scrabble®

The word reads is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters reads:

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reads in Words With Friends™

The word reads is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters reads:

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Words within the letters of reads

2 letter words in reads (4 words)

3 letter words in reads (8 words)

4 letter words in reads (10 words)

5 letter words in reads (Anagrams) (3 words)

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Shorter words in reads

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