Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) read (something that is read) "the article was a very good read"
Verb
S: (v) read (interpret something that is written or printed) "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
S: (v) read, say (have or contain a certain wording or form) "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
S: (v) read (look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed) "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
S: (v) read, scan (obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources) "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) 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?"
S: (v) learn, study, read, take (be a student of a certain subject) "She is reading for the bar exam"
S: (v) read, register, show, record (indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments) "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
S: (v) read (audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role) "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
S: (v) blaze away (perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly) "Mr. Jones blazed away in one passage after another to loud applause"
S: (v) perform (give a performance (of something)) "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
S: (v) grandstand (perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause) "She never misses a chance to grandstand"
S: (v) underperform (perform too rarely) "Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good"
S: (v) sightsing, sight-sing (sing from a score without having seen it before) "This tenor can sightsing even the most difficult pieces"
S: (v) give (perform for an audience) "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"
S: (v) play (perform on a certain location) "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years"
S: (v) play (be performed or presented for public viewing) "What's playing in the local movie theater?"; "`Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years"
S: (v) debut (appear for the first time in public) "The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out"
S: (v) debut (make one's debut) "This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera"
S: (v) debut (present for the first time to the public) "The band debuts a new song or two each month"
S: (v) premier, premiere (be performed for the first time) "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success"
S: (v) audition, try out (perform in order to get a role) "She auditioned for a role on Broadway"
S: (v) read (audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role) "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
S: (v) act, play, represent (play a role or part) "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"