reads
/ɹiːdz/
reads is the plural of read.
reads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of read.
Meaning of read
Noun
read (plural reads)
- 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.
- Something to be read; a written work.
- His thrillers are always a gripping read.
- A person's interpretation or impression of something.
- What's your read of the current political situation?
- 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]."1997, Framing Culture: Africanism, Sexuality and Performance, page 186 (also discussing Paris is Burning)
- The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.
Phrases with reads
- reads in
- reads up
- lip reads
- reads for
- reads off
- reads out
- cold reads
- mind reads
- reads into
- reads lips
- reads over
- beach reads
28 more phrasesFewer phrases
- quick reads
- reads along
- reads minds
- reads up on
- sight reads
- speed reads
- stale reads
- reads across
- reads the car
- reads through
- reads the mail
- reads the room
- chemistry reads
- reads for press
- reads the green
- reads the table
- reads oneself in
- destructive reads
- sensitivity reads
- reads someone's lips
- reads someone's mind
- non-destructive reads
- reads someone's beads
- reads someone to filth
- reads between the lines
- reads like an open book
- reads someone for filth
- reads someone the riot act
Words that rhyme with reads
Questions about reads
- What is reads the plural of?
- Reads is the plural of read.
- How do you pronounce reads?
- Reads is pronounced /ɹiːdz/.
Words near reads in the dictionary
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