read#2 (v)

v00627091

type v
lex_filenum 31
def interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky
def also of human behavior
examples She read the sky and predicted rain
I can't read his strange behavior
The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Outgoing links
Verb Group take, read
Hypernym predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
Hyponym scry
Incoming links
Verb Group take, read
Hypernym scry
Hyponym predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise

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