Speak vs. Read
Speakverb
(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
Speakverb
(intransitive) To have a conversation.
Speakverb
(by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
Speakverb
(intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
Speakverb
(transitive) To be able to communicate in a language.
Speakverb
(transitive) To utter.
Speakverb
(transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
Speakverb
To understand (as though it were a language).
Speakverb
(intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
Speakverb
To address; to accost; to speak to.
Speaknoun
language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
Speaknoun
Speach, conversation.
Speaknoun
(dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.
Speakverb
To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
Speakverb
To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
Speakverb
To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
Speakverb
To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
Speakverb
To give sound; to sound.
Speakverb
To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
Speakverb
To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
Speakverb
To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
Speakverb
To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
Speakverb
To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
Speakverb
To address; to accost; to speak to.
Speakverb
express in speech;
Speakverb
exchange thoughts; talk with;
Speakverb
use language;
Speakverb
give a speech to;
Speakverb
make a characteristic or natural sound;
Speakverb
say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling
Speakverb
have a conversation
Speakverb
utter (a word, message, etc.)
Speakverb
communicate in or be able to communicate in (a specified language)
Speakverb
make a speech or contribute to a debate
Speakverb
express the views or position of (another)
Speakverb
convey one's views or position indirectly
Speakverb
answer (a question) or address (an issue or problem)
Speakverb
mention or discuss in speech or writing
Speakverb
talk to in order to reprove or advise
Speakverb
talk to in order to give or obtain information
Speakverb
discuss or comment on formally
Speakverb
appeal or relate to
Speakverb
(of behaviour, an object, etc.) serve as evidence for something
Speakverb
show (someone or something) to be in a particular state or to possess a certain quality
Speakverb
(of a musical instrument or other object) make a sound when functioning
Speakverb
(of a hound) bark.
Readverb
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
Readverb
To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
Readverb
(transitive) To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.
Readverb
To consist of certain text.
Readverb
(intransitive) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
Readverb
(transitive) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
Readverb
Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
Readverb
To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
Readverb
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
Readverb
To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
Readverb
(obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
Readverb
(obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.
Readverb
(obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.
Readverb
To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
Readverb
To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
Readverb
past tense of read
Readverb
past participle of read
Readnoun
A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.
Readnoun
An instance of calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult.
Readnoun
(in combination) That which is to be read
Readnoun
Rennet. See 3d Reed.
Readnoun
Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
Readnoun
Reading.
Readverb
To advise; to counsel.
Readverb
To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
Readverb
To tell; to declare; to recite.
Readverb
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.
Readverb
Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
Readverb
To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
Readverb
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
Readverb
To give advice or counsel.
Readverb
To tell; to declare.
Readverb
To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
Readverb
To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
Readverb
To learn by reading.
Readverb
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.
Readverb
To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
Read
imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
Readadjective
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
Readnoun
something that is read;
Readverb
interpret something that is written or printed;
Readverb
have or contain a certain wording or form;
Readverb
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed;
Readverb
obtain data from magnetic tapes;
Readverb
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior;
Readverb
interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression;
Readverb
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;
Readverb
be a student of a certain subject;
Readverb
audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role;
Readverb
to hear and understand;
Readverb
make sense of a language;
