follow vs read

To understand, to pay attention to. 

To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. 

To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform. 

To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc). 

To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.). 

To be a logical consequence of something. 

To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person. 

To go or come after in a sequence. 

To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching. 

To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal). 

To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.). 

To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection. 

To read work(s) written by (a named author). 

Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term. 

To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones. 

To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way. 

To consist of certain text. 

Synonyms: interpret, make out, make sense of, understand, scan 

To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object) 

To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. 

To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks. 

Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way. 

To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text. 

To recognise (someone) as being transgender. 

To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.