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reads the mail

reads the mail is the third-person singular simple present indicative of read the mail.

Meaning of read the mail

Verb

read the mail (third-person singular simple present reads the mail, present participle reading the mail, simple past and past participle read the mail)

  1. (CB radio slang) To listen to CB radio conversations without taking part.
    • You can “read the mail" with the U.S., you may violate local laws to transmit on amateur frequencies without a license […]1983, Cruising World, volume 9, number 7, page 41
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see read, mail.

Questions about reads the mail

What is reads the mail the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reads the mail is the third-person singular simple present indicative of read the mail.

Words near reads the mail in the dictionary

  1. reads someone's beads
  2. reads someone's lips
  3. reads someone's mind
  4. reads the car
  5. reads the green
  6. reads the mail
  7. reads the room
  8. reads the table
  9. reads through
  10. reads up
  11. reads up on

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