 
		
		Definition of read:
		
	
		
		
		(v) :
		
		to look at and interpret letters or other information that is 
written; to speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object
		
 
								
				"have you read this book?"
			
			
	
		
		
		(n) :
		
		a reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play