To free from entanglement.
To free from embarrassment.
To fix boundaries.
To comb hair.
To separate combatants.
To settle, usually a quarrel.
To clean, tidy up, to put in order.
I've got to redd up the place before your mother gets back.
A spawning nest made by a fish.
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
Have you read this book?
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?
To read work(s) written by (a named author).
At the moment I'm reading Milton.
To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from.
I can read his feelings in his face.
To consist of certain text.
On the door hung a sign that reads "No admittance".
Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
Arabic reads right to left.
To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
(usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
Do you read me?
To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal)
A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance.
(except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
I am reading theology at university.
To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard
To think, believe; to consider (that).
To advise; to counsel. See rede.
To tell; to declare; to recite.
To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.
To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
To govern, protect.
To discuss, deliberate.
To advise.
To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.