| slovo | definícia |
reading
(mass) | reading
- čítanie, interpretácia |
reading
(encz) | reading,četba n: |
reading
(encz) | reading,čtení n: |
reading
(encz) | reading,čtoucí adj: IvČa |
reading
(encz) | reading,hodnota n: Zdeněk Brož |
reading
(encz) | reading,interpretace n: Pavel Machek; Giza |
reading
(encz) | reading,naměřená hodnota n: Vít Profant |
reading
(encz) | reading,přednáška n: Zdeněk Brož |
reading
(encz) | reading,snímání n: Zdeněk Brož |
reading
(encz) | reading,výklad n: Zdeněk Brož |
Reading
(gcide) | Read \Read\ (r[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Read (r[e^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Reading.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan
to read, advise, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advice, counsel,
r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advise, counsel, guess; akin to
D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r[=a][eth]a,
Goth. r[=e]dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r[=a]dh to
succeed. [root]116. Cf. Riddle.]
1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede.
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Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and
thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale.
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2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
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3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.]
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But read how art thou named, and of what kin.
--Spenser.
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4. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or
recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of,
as of language, by interpreting the characters with which
it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to
read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read
the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
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Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille.
--Chaucer.
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Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer.
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5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
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Who is't can read a woman? --Shak.
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6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features,
etc.; to learn by observation.
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An armed corse did lie,
In whose dead face he read great magnanimity.
--Spenser.
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Those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honor.
--Shak.
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7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as,
to read theology or law.
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To read one's self in, to read aloud the Thirty-nine
Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a
clergyman of the Church of England when he first
officiates in a new benefice.
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Reading
(gcide) | Reading \Read"ing\ (r[=e]d"[i^]ng), n.
1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or
written matter to be read.
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2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of
extensive reading.
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3. A lecture or prelection; public recital.
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The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.
--Hooker.
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4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or
passage presented by a documentary authority; lection;
version.
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5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of
rendering. [Cant]
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6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated
instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
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Reading of a bill (Legislation), its formal recital, by the
proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
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Reading
(gcide) | Reading \Read"ing\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp.,
a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying
power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English
universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room
provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which
persons resort.
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reading
(wn) | reading
n 1: the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic
message; "his main reading was detective stories";
"suggestions for further reading"
2: a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading
it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
3: a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user
by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the
meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an
approaching storm" [syn: reading, meter reading,
indication]
4: written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned
new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the
airport" [syn: reading, reading material]
5: a mental representation of the meaning or significance of
something [syn: interpretation, reading, version]
6: a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
7: a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory)
something prepared in advance; "the program included songs
and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: recitation,
recital, reading]
8: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he
has a job meter reading for the gas company" [syn: reading,
meter reading] |
reading
(devil) | READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it
consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and
humor in slang.
We know by one's reading
His learning and breeding;
By what draws his laughter
We know his Hereafter.
Read nothing, laugh never --
The Sphinx was less clever!
Jupiter Muke
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proofreading
(mass) | proofreading
- korigovanie, kontrolovanie, vychľadávanie chýb čítaním |
speedreading
(mass) | speed-reading
- rýchločítanie |
spreading
(mass) | spreading
- šírenie |
by reading
(encz) | by reading,čtením Zdeněk Brož |
compulsory reading
(encz) | compulsory reading,povinná četba |
dreading
(encz) | dreading,děsivý adj: Zdeněk Broždreading,děšení n: Zdeněk Brož |
first reading
(encz) | first reading, n: |
library reading room
(encz) | library reading room,studovna |
lip reading
(encz) | lip reading, |
lipreading
(encz) | lipreading, n: |
meter reading
(encz) | meter reading, n: |
misreading
(encz) | misreading,nesprávné pochopení n: Zdeněk Brož |
overspreading
(encz) | overspreading,rozprostření n: Jiří Dadák |
palm reading
(encz) | palm reading, n: |
play reading
(encz) | play reading, n: |
proofreading
(encz) | proofreading,kontrolní čtení Zdeněk Brožproofreading,kontrolování n: Zdeněk Brožproofreading,korigování n: Zdeněk Brož |
reading assignment
(encz) | reading assignment, n: |
reading clinic
(encz) | reading clinic, n: |
reading desk
(encz) | reading desk, n: |
reading lamp
(encz) | reading lamp, n: |
reading material
(encz) | reading material, n: |
reading matter
(encz) | reading matter,četba n: |
reading program
(encz) | reading program, n: |
reading room
(encz) | reading room,čítárna n: reading room,studovna n: |
reading teacher
(encz) | reading teacher, n: |
reading-book
(encz) | reading-book,čítanka n: Zdeněk Brož |
reading-room
(encz) | reading-room,čítárna n: Zdeněk Brož |
readings
(encz) | readings,čtení n: pl. Zdeněk Brožreadings,materiály k četbě n: Michal Ambrož |
rereading
(encz) | rereading,opakované načítání n: Zdeněk Brož |
risk spreading
(encz) | risk spreading, |
second reading
(encz) | second reading, n: |
speed-reading
(encz) | speed-reading, n: |
spreading
(encz) | spreading,pokrývání n: Zdeněk Brožspreading,rozprostírání n: Zdeněk Brožspreading,rozprostření n: Zdeněk Brožspreading,rozšiřování n: Zdeněk Brožspreading,šíření n: Zdeněk Brož |
spreading bellflower
(encz) | spreading bellflower, n: |
spreading dogbane
(encz) | spreading dogbane, n: |
spreading factor
(encz) | spreading factor, n: |
spreading fleabane
(encz) | spreading fleabane, n: |
spreading of risks
(encz) | spreading of risks, |
spreading pogonia
(encz) | spreading pogonia, n: |
teaching reading
(encz) | teaching reading, n: |
threading
(encz) | threading,navlékání n: Zdeněk Brož |
treading water
(encz) | treading water, n: |
wide reading
(encz) | wide reading,individuální četba web |
wide-spreading
(encz) | wide-spreading, adj: |
Bespreading
(gcide) | Bespread \Be*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespread; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bespreading.]
To spread or cover over.
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The carpet which bespread
His rich pavilion's floor. --Glover.
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Broadspreading
(gcide) | Broadspreading \Broad"spread`ing\, a.
Spreading widely.
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Cross-reading
(gcide) | Cross-reading \Cross"-read`ing\ (r?d`?ng), n.
The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the
page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous
combination of ideas.
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Dreading
(gcide) | Dread \Dread\ (dr[e^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dreaded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dreading.] [AS. dr[=ae]dan, in comp.; akin to OS.
dr[=a]dan, OHG. tr[=a]tan, both only in comp.]
To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to,
with terrific apprehension.
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When at length the moment dreaded through so many years
came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's
mind. --Macaulay.
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Dreadingly
(gcide) | Dreadingly \Dread"ing*ly\, adv.
With dread. --Warner.
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Finger reading
(gcide) | Finger \Fin"ger\ (f[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), n. [AS. finger; akin to D.
vinger, OS. & OHG. fingar, G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan.
finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E.
fang.]
1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit;
esp., one of the four extremities of the hand, other than
the thumb.
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2. Anything that does the work of a finger; as, the pointer
of a clock, watch, or other registering machine;
especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece,
which is brought into contact with an object to effect,
direct, or restrain a motion.
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3. The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a
measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a
measure in domestic use in the United States, of about
four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
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A piece of steel three fingers thick. --Bp. Wilkins.
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4. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a
musical instrument. [R.]
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She has a good finger. --Busby.
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Ear finger, the little finger.
Finger alphabet. See Dactylology.
Finger bar, the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or
fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and
reaping machines play.
Finger board (Mus.), the part of a stringed instrument
against which the fingers press the strings to vary the
tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual.
Finger bowl Finger glass, a bowl or glass to hold water
for rinsing the fingers at table.
Finger flower (Bot.), the foxglove.
Finger grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Panicum sanguinale)
with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See
Crab grass, under Crab.
Finger nut, a fly nut or thumb nut.
Finger plate, a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a
painted or polished door from finger marks.
Finger post, a guide post bearing an index finger.
Finger reading, reading printed in relief so as to be
sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind.
Finger shell (Zool.), a marine shell (Pholas dactylus)
resembling a finger in form.
Finger sponge (Zool.), a sponge having finger-shaped lobes,
or branches.
Finger stall, a cover or shield for a finger.
Finger steel, a steel instrument for whetting a currier's
knife.
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To burn one's fingers. See under Burn.
To have a finger in, to be concerned in. [Colloq.]
To have at one's fingers' ends, to be thoroughly familiar
with. [Colloq.]
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Fore reading
(gcide) | Fore \Fore\ (f[=o]r), a. [See Fore, adv.]
Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front;
being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance;
preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed
to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the
fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.
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The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is
directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey.
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Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition.
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Fore bay, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a
water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race.
Fore body (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the
largest cross-section, distinguished from middle body
and after body.
Fore boot, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for
stowing baggage, etc.
Fore bow, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight.
Fore cabin, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually
with inferior accommodations.
Fore carriage.
(a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled
vehicle.
(b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam.
Fore course (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of
a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under
Sail.
Fore door. Same as Front door.
Fore edge, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc.
Fore elder, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.]
Fore end.
(a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part;
the beginning.
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I have . . . paid
More pious debts to heaven, than in all
The fore end of my time. --Shak.
(b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward
of the trigger guard, or breech frame.
Fore girth, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a
martingale.
Fore hammer, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in
time, with the hand hammer.
Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or
multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc.
Fore peak (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the
portion of the hold which is farthest forward.
Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of
a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress.
Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a
jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight.
Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales.
Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is
gathered.
Fore sheets (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the
space beyond the front thwart. See Stern sheets.
Fore shore.
(a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of
the surf.
(b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a
breakwater. --Knight.
(c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks.
Fore sight, that one of the two sights of a gun which is
near the muzzle.
Fore tackle (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship.
Fore topmast. (Naut.) See Fore-topmast, in the
Vocabulary.
Fore wind, a favorable wind. [Obs.]
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Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne.
--Sandys.
Fore world, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey.
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Lip reading
(gcide) | Lip \Lip\ (l[i^]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G.
lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[ae]be, Sw. l[aum]pp, L.
labium, labrum. Cf. Labial.]
1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of
the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips
are organs of speech essential to certain articulations.
Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the
organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
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Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6.
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2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything;
a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
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3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
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4. (Bot.)
(a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate
corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the
Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.
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5. (Zool.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve
shell.
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6. Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your
lip. [Slang]
Syn: jaw.
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Lip bit, a pod auger. See Auger.
Lip comfort, comfort that is given with words only.
Lip comforter, one who comforts with words only.
Lip labor, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale.
Lip reading, the catching of the words or meaning of one
speaking by watching the motion of his lips without
hearing his voice. --Carpenter.
Lip salve, a salve for sore lips.
Lip service, expression by the lips of obedience and
devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such
sentiments.
Lip wisdom, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by
experience.
Lip work.
(a) Talk.
(b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson.
To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or
contempt. --Shak.
To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by
protruding the lip.
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Misreading
(gcide) | Misread \Mis*read"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misread; p. pr. & vb.
n. Misreading.]
To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.
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Mistreading
(gcide) | Mistreading \Mis*tread"ing\, n.
Misstep; misbehavior. "To punish my mistreadings." --Shak.
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Muscle reading
(gcide) | Muscle reading \Mus"cle read`ing\
The art of making discriminations between objects of choice,
of discovering the whereabouts of hidden objects, etc., by
inference from the involuntary movements of one whose hand
the reader holds or with whom he is otherwise in muscular
contact.
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Overspreading
(gcide) | Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.]
To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the
earth. --Chaucer.
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Those nations of the North
Which overspread the world. --Drayton.
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Reading
(gcide) | Read \Read\ (r[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Read (r[e^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Reading.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan
to read, advise, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advice, counsel,
r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advise, counsel, guess; akin to
D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r[=a][eth]a,
Goth. r[=e]dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r[=a]dh to
succeed. [root]116. Cf. Riddle.]
1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede.
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Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and
thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale.
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2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
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3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.]
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But read how art thou named, and of what kin.
--Spenser.
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4. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or
recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of,
as of language, by interpreting the characters with which
it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to
read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read
the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
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Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille.
--Chaucer.
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Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer.
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5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
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Who is't can read a woman? --Shak.
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6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features,
etc.; to learn by observation.
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An armed corse did lie,
In whose dead face he read great magnanimity.
--Spenser.
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Those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honor.
--Shak.
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7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as,
to read theology or law.
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To read one's self in, to read aloud the Thirty-nine
Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a
clergyman of the Church of England when he first
officiates in a new benefice.
[1913 Webster]Reading \Read"ing\ (r[=e]d"[i^]ng), n.
1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or
written matter to be read.
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2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of
extensive reading.
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3. A lecture or prelection; public recital.
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The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.
--Hooker.
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4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or
passage presented by a documentary authority; lection;
version.
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5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of
rendering. [Cant]
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6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated
instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
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Reading of a bill (Legislation), its formal recital, by the
proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
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1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp.,
a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying
power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English
universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room
provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which
persons resort.
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Reading book
(gcide) | Reading \Read"ing\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp.,
a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying
power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English
universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room
provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which
persons resort.
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Reading desk
(gcide) | Reading \Read"ing\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp.,
a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying
power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English
universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room
provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which
persons resort.
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Reading glass
(gcide) | Reading \Read"ing\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp.,
a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying
power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English
universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room
provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which
persons resort.
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Reading man
(gcide) | Reading \Read"ing\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp.,
a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying
power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English
universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room
provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which
persons resort.
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Reading of a bill
(gcide) | Reading \Read"ing\ (r[=e]d"[i^]ng), n.
1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or
written matter to be read.
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2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of
extensive reading.
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3. A lecture or prelection; public recital.
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The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.
--Hooker.
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4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or
passage presented by a documentary authority; lection;
version.
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5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of
rendering. [Cant]
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6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated
instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
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Reading of a bill (Legislation), its formal recital, by the
proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
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Reading room
(gcide) | Reading \Read"ing\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp.,
a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying
power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English
universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room
provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which
persons resort.
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Spreading
(gcide) | Spread \Spread\ (spr[e^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spread; p. pr.
& vb. n. Spreading.] [OE. spreden, AS. spraedan; akin to D.
spreiden, spreijen, LG. spreden, spreen, spreien, G.
spreiten, Dan. sprede, Sw. sprida. Cf. Spray water flying
in drops.]
1. To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to
stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent;
to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a
tent or a sail.
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He bought a parcel of a field where he had spread
his tent. --Gen. xxxiii.
19.
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Here the Rhone
Hath spread himself a couch. --Byron.
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2. To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great
or greater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or
cover a wide or wider space.
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Rose, as in a dance, the stately trees, and spread
Their branches hung with copious fruit. --Milton.
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3. To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be
more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known
fully; as, to spread a report; -- often accompanied by
abroad.
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They, when they were departed, spread abroad his
fame in all that country. --Matt. ix.
31.
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4. To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to
spread a disease.
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5. To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as,
odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
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6. To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure;
to spread lime on the ground.
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7. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to
spread a table.
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Boiled the flesh, and spread the board. --Tennyson.
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To spread cloth, to unfurl sail. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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Syn: To diffuse; propagate; disperse; publish; distribute;
scatter; circulate; disseminate; dispense.
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spreading adder
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof;
of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet.]
1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." --Flatman.
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2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
(a) A puffball.
(b) kind of light pastry.
(c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
with powder.
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3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
one in a public journal.
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Puff adder. (Zool.)
(a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and
allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
the power of greatly distending their bodies when
irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera arietans,
or Clotho arietans) is the largest species, becoming
over four feet long. The plumed puff adder ({Clotho
cornuta}) has a plumelike appendage over each eye.
(b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead,
spreading adder, and blowing adder.
Puff bird (Zool.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family
Bucconid[ae]. They are small birds, usually with
dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
feathers. See Barbet
(b) .
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Spreadingly
(gcide) | Spreadingly \Spread"ing*ly\, adv.
Increasingly.
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The best times were spreadingly infected. --Milton.
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Threading
(gcide) | Thread \Thread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Threading.]
1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a
needle.
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2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect
or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to
thrid.
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Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus.
--Mitford.
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They would not thread the gates. --Shak.
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3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a
screw or nut.
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Treading
(gcide) | Tread \Tread\, v. i. [imp. Trod; p. p. Trodden, Trod; p.
pr. & vb. n. Treading.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to
OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG.
tretan, Icel. tro?a, Sw. tr[*a]da, tr[aum]da, Dan. tr[ae]de,
Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. ? a
running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. Trade, Tramp, Trot.]
1. To set the foot; to step.
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Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise.
--Pope.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. --Pope.
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The hard stone
Under our feet, on which we tread and go. --Chaucer.
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2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a
cautious step.
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Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep.
--Milton.
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3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. --Shak.
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To tread on or To tread upon.
(a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. "Thou
shalt tread upon their high places." --Deut. xxxiii.
29.
(b) to follow closely. "Year treads on year."
--Wordsworth.
To tread upon the heels of, to follow close upon. "Dreadful
consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances
to sin." --Milton.
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One woe doth tread upon another's heel. --Shak.
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Undreading
(gcide) | Undreading \Undreading\
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first reading
(wn) | first reading
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