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read
verb as in look at and understand written word
Strong matches
apprehend, comprehend, construe, decipher, discover, glance, perceive, peruse, skim, unravel
Weak matches
bury oneself in, dip into, flip through, go over, go through, leaf through, make out, pore over, scratch the surface
Example Sentences
I read Mary Poppins too, but no magic person came down out of the clouds to help me out.
Offer to read their manuscript and give feedback.
"I was reading a 60-year-old copy of the Fraserburgh Herald, and the front page - it was a big broadsheet at the time - was packed with small local stories," he said.
Up-and-coming all-rounder Annerie Dercksen spent her childhood on a farm with no access to television, discovering cricket by reading the newspaper.
And the user interface - the system you click through to sign players, read news and get to the football - has been remade.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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