book
IPA: bˈʊk
noun
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- A major division of a long work.
- (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- (theater) The script of a musical or opera.
- (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- (law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
- (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
- (figurative) Any source of instruction.
- (with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
- (advertising, informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
- (chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
- (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- To record bets as bookmaker.
- (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave.
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Examples of "book" in Sentences
- It is striking to make the discovery that John's little book has _a distinctive message as a book_.
- No. At Nazareth, when he read his text in the book of Esaias, he _closed his book_, and discoursed to the people.
- Book written in Heaven, too good for the Earth; as a well-written book, or indeed as a _book_ at all; and not a bewildered rhapsody;
- Similarly, in the sentence, _The book THAT I WANT is that red-backed history_, the restrictive relative clause is, _that I want_, and limits the application of _book_.
- Invented quirky "compromise sales of your own book" tactic number three by recommending somebody else's book* entirely... this, to said group of American tourists after getting caught inhaling pages of
- Mr. Lowell himself is, in his verse-books, poetical, if not a poet -- and certainly this little book we are talking of is grateful enough in some ways -- you would call it a _pretty book_ -- would you not?
- Now, bookmen are capable of understanding things about books which cannot be put into words; they are not like mere subscribers to circulating libraries; for them a book is not just a book -- it is a _book_.
- My sole reason for writing this book and placing it before the public is to call the public's attention to _another book_, wherein is contained the Christ truth, the understanding of which will free you from all your troubles.
- Thus in the example, "John tore the leaves of Sarah's book," the distinction between _book_ which represents only one object and _leaves_ which represent two or more objects of the same kind is called _Number_; the distinction of sex between _John_, a male, and _Sarah_, a female, and
- The book contains all the essentials pertaining to the training and instruction of COMPANY officers, noncommissioned officers and privates, and the officer who masters its contents and who makes his COMPANY proficient in the subjects embodied herein, will be in every way qualified, _without the assistance of a single other book_, to command with credit and satisfaction, in peace and in war, a COMPANY that will be an
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