p. pr. & vb. n. - of Read
n. - The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
n. - Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
n. - A lecture or prelection; public recital.
n. - The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
n. - Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
n. - An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
a. - Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
a. - Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.