Present participle of read, noun_ The process of interpreting written language, An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument, The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read, adjective_ one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church, Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading