Definition of Speech-read

1. Verb. Interpret by lipreading; of deaf people.

Exact synonyms: Lip-read, Lipread
Generic synonyms: Read
Derivative terms: Lipreading

Lexicographical Neighbors of Speech-read

speculatorial
speculators
speculatory
speculist
speculists
speculoos
speculum
speculum forceps
speculums
sped
spede
spee
speech
speech-endowed
speech-language pathology
speech-read (current term)
speech acoustics
speech act
speech acts
speech articulation tests
speech audiogram
speech audiometer
speech audiometry
speech balloon
speech balloons
speech bubble
speech bubbles
speech bulb
speech centres
speech communication

Literary usage of Speech-read

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third by Horace Walpole (1845)
"The King's Speech read to the Commons—Pitt's obscure Speech.—Speech of Grenville.—Postponement of the farther hearing on Wilkes.— Bestowal of the Bishopric ..."

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