(n)register(music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
(n)register(computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
(v)read, register, show, recordindicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments“The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero”, “The gauge read `empty'”