bingo |
a game in which players try to match numbers on a card with numbers read out by a caller. Each player has a card with numbered squares. The player who is the first to cover a whole row of squares is the winner. |
bookworm |
a person who loves to study and read books. [1/2 definitions] |
Braille |
(often lowercase) a writing and printing system for blind people, in which patterns of raised dots are used to represent letters. Blind people touch the dots with their fingers to read. |
chant |
to read or speak in a chant. [1/4 definitions] |
compact disk |
a small disk on which music or information is stored. A compact disk is played on a machine that uses a laser to read it. |
deliver |
to speak or read aloud. [1/5 definitions] |
dictate |
to say or read aloud for someone to write down or for a machine to record. [1/3 definitions] |
illegible |
difficult or impossible to read. |
illiterate |
not able to read or write. |
interrogative sentence |
a sentence that asks a question. "Have you read this book?" is an example of an interrogative sentence. |
legible |
able to be understood or read. |
literacy |
the state of being able to read or write. |
literary |
having to do with literature or those who write or read literature. [1/2 definitions] |
literate |
able to read and write. [1/2 definitions] |
misread |
to read or understand incorrectly. |
news |
(used with a singular verb) a report of recent important events, read out on the television or radio, or printed in a newspaper, magazine, or Web site. |
pore1 |
to study or read carefully. |
publish |
to prepare and bring out for sale for the public to read. |
reread |
to read (something) again. |
review |
a looking back over things done, read, or studied previously. [1/7 definitions] |
ROM |
computer memory that can only be read, not written to. "ROM" stands for "read-only memory." |