of read-the act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.-study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.-a lecture or prelection; public recital.-the way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.-manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.-an observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.-of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.-addicted to reading; as, a reading community.