| Cross-reading (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. |
| Reading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Read |
| Reading (n.) The act of one who reads |
| Reading (n.) Study of books |
| Reading (n.) A lecture or prelection |
| Reading (n.) The way in which anything reads |
| Reading (n.) Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage |
| Reading (n.) An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument |
| Reading (a.) Of or pertaining to the act of reading |
| Reading (a.) Addicted to reading |
| reading assignment the reading of a passage assigned by the teacher |
| teaching reading teaching beginners to read |
| reading meter reading the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments, "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" |
| lectern / reading desk desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer |
| reading lamp a lamp that provides light for reading |
| reading room a room set aside for reading |
| palmistry / palm reading / chiromancy / chirology telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand |
| reading the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message, "his main reading was detective stories", "suggestions for further reading" |
| reading meter reading / indication 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" |
| interpretation reading version a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something |