Read or reed?

verb To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written

Have you read this book?

noun A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data

I had a read of the evening papers

verb To be understood or physically read in a specific way

Arabic reads right to left

noun Something to be read; a written work

His thrillers are always a gripping read

verb To read a work or works written by the named author

At the moment I'm reading Milton

noun A person's interpretation or impression of something

What's your read of the current political situation?

verb To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)

He read us a passage from his new book

noun An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”)

[As] Corey points out, "if you and I are both black queens then we can't call each other black queens because that's not a read. That's a [fact]."

noun Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water

verb To thatch

noun ScotlandUKThe fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet

noun The hollow stem of these plants

verb To mill or mint with reeding

noun Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it

noun Short for reed instrument

noun A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving

Coordinate term: sley