read / rede / reed [ri:d]
read – n. & v. – n. – 1. the act of perusing written material, also the material itself; 2. computing – transferring information from one source to another; 3. interpretation or assessment of a person or situation; v. – 1. consider, interrupt, discern; 2. discover or expound the meaning or significance; 3. predict, foretell; 4. scan or study written material; interpret the written form of a language; 5. assess and report on works for publication; 6. discern the character of a person
Do Not Confuse With read [rɛd] – adj. – of a person who is well-informed or versed in a specific area; 3. a speech etc. that is performed using a script instead of spoken either extemporarily or from memory; v. – past tense and past participle of read [ri:d]
rede – n. & v. – n. – 1. council; 2. act of deliberation or judgement; 3. aid, remedy, solution; v. – 1. exercise control, govern; 2. clear, unblock, make a way
reed – n. & v. – n. – 1. any of the grasses of the genera, Phragmites or Arundo, which grow in wetlands, with stiff stems and long, narrow leaves; 2. the stalks of these plants used for building and other purposes; 3. Figuratively – something flexible, not as strong as…; 4. a simple musical instrument made from a hollow stem; 5. stiff, hollow stalks from a variety of plants; 6. the abomasum or fourth stomach of a ruminant; v. – weave or thatch using stiff stalk from these or similar plants; 2. architecture – use a small, semi-cylindrical moulding to give a plant effect