Be+read
121read-in — readˈ in noun Input of data to a computer or storage device • • • Main Entry: ↑read …
122read-write head — noun (computing) In a disk drive, a head that can both retrieve and record data • • • Main Entry: ↑read …
123read-write memory — noun (computing) One that allows retrieval and input of data • • • Main Entry: ↑read …
124read up — To amass knowledge of by reading • • • Main Entry: ↑read …
125read like something — phrase if a piece of writing reads like something, it has similar qualities or aspects to that thing The first half of the report reads like one long complaint. Thesaurus: general words meaning to readsynonym Main entry: read …
126read-on|ly memory — «REED OHN lee», a computer memory which stores permanent data: »Changing the program may require the physical replacement of a read only memory (Wallace B. Riley). Abbr: ROM (no periods) …
127read|er — «REE duhr», noun. 1. a person who reads: »a good reader, a light reader. 2. a book for learning and practicing reading. 3. a person employed to read manuscripts and estimate their fitness for publication: »The ideal publisher s reader should have …
128read (somebody) the Riot Act — ˌread (sb) the ˈRiot Act idiom (BrE) to tell sb with force that they must not do sth From an Act of Parliament passed in 1715 to prevent riots. It made it illegal for a group of twelve or more people to refuse to split up if they were ordered to… …
