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book
I. \ˈbu̇k\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bōc; akin to Old High German buoh book, Old Norse bōk, Gothic bōka letter, Old English bōc beech; probably from the early Germanic use of beech wood as a medium for the carving of runic characters — more at beech
1.
a. obsolete : a formal written document; especially : a deed of conveyance of land — see bookland
b.
(1) : a collection of written sheets of skin or tablets of wood or ivory
(2) : a continuous roll of parchment or a strip of parchment creased between columns and folded like an accordion
c. : a collection of written, printed, or blank sheets fastened together along one edge and usually trimmed at the other edges to form a single series of uniform leaves; specifically : a collection of folded sheets bearing printing or writing that have been cut, sewn, and usually bound between covers into a volume
d.
(1) : a stack of sheets of paper interleaved alternately with the material whose finish the paper acquires after it passes through the plater — called also form
(2) : the printed but unfolded and uncut sheets for a book
e. : a long systematic literary composition
f. : a major division of a treatise or literary work
< an epic in 12 books >
g. : any of the records (as the daybook, cashbook, salesbook, journal, ledger) in which a systematic record of business transactions may be kept — often used in plural
< their books show a profit >
h. in United States copyright law : any of various written or printed materials: as
(1) : a bound volume
(2) : a private letter
(3) : a telephone or trade directory
(4) : an article in an encyclopedia
i. : a magazine or publication in magazine format
2. capitalized : bible
< he swore on the Book that it was so >
3.
a. obsolete : learning, study, scholarship
b. books plural, chiefly Midland : school or the time spent in school
< books took up at 8 o'clock — H.E.Giles >
4.
a. : something felt to be a source of enlightenment or instruction
< drew his knowledge from the great book of nature >
< her face was an open book >
b.
(1) : a particular set of facts, circumstances, or ideas
< his past is an open book >
(2) : an area of experience or knowledge
< calculus was a closed book to him >
c. : the total available knowledge and experience that can be brought to bear on a task or problem
< tried every trick in the book to win the election >
5. : an official or personal set of standards, rules, or policies
< mules did not, according to the book scratch their heads with their hind feet — Herbert Hoover >
< the sergeant ran his squad by the book >
6.
a. : the aggregate charges that can be made or pressed against an accused person — usually used with throw
< he thought he'd get off with just a reprimand, but they threw the book at him >
b. : a position from which one must answer for certain acts : account — usually used with bring or call
< our system of bringing the guilty to book — Felix Frankfurter >
7.
a. : a libretto especially of an opera or musical comedy
b. : the script of a play
c. : the repertory of an orchestra or a musician
8. : a packet of commodities bound together for convenient dispensing and usually removed and used one at a time
< a book of stamps >
< a book of matches >
specifically : a bundle of skeins of raw silk often 30 in number
9.
a.
(1) : bookmaker
(2) : a bookmaker's business or base of operations
b. : an event or contingency on which a bookmaker will accept bets together with the odds offered
c. : the record kept by a bookmaker of bets placed with him
< he makes book on dog races >
d. : a participant or onlooker in a game (as craps) who accepts bets on its contingencies
e. : banker 2c
f. : pool III 1b
10.
a. : the number of tricks a cardplayer or side must win before any trick can have scoring value:
(1) whist : six tricks
(2) bridge : six tricks for declarer and for his opponents the greatest number declarer can lose without being defeated
b. : a set of cards having scoring value (as all four cards of one kind in authors)
c. archaic : a deck of cards
11. : the omasum of a ruminant
12. : a thick aggregate of mica usually consisting of a single crystal of considerable dimension in the direction perpendicular to the cleavage
13. : a stack of half leaves of tobacco from which the stems have been cut
14. : flat sections of stage scenery joined by hinges
< a book ceiling >
15. : a record of membership especially in a union
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- in one's bad books
- in one's book
- in one's good books
- one for the book
- on the books
- without book
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English boken, from Old English bōcian, from bōc book
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to convey or grant (land or property) by charter
2. : to enter, write, or register (as a name, an act, or an intention) in a record, book, or list:
a. : to engage transportation or conveyance for
< a load of eggs booked for Chicago >
< he is booked to sail Monday >
b. : to schedule a program of engagements for
< the orchestra was booked for a week at the hotel >
c. : to set aside time for : schedule
< the president booked a strategy meeting >
d. : to reserve in advance — chiefly Brit. in all but past participial use and often used with up
< he paid the dinner bill and stopped to book cinema seats >
< sorry, but we're all booked up >
3. : to enter the name of and tentative charges against (a person) usually in a police register
< they booked him on suspicion >
4. : to accept (bets) as a bookmaker
intransitive verb
1. : to express in advance a desire for something in order to reserve it
< we should have booked >
2. chiefly Britain : to register in a hotel — usually used with in
< we went to a hotel and booked in >
III. adjective
1.
a. : put down in writing : formal
b. : bookish
2.
a. : derived from or based on the matter in a book
< an ounce of mother-wit … is worth a stone of book-knowledge — F.T.Palgrave >
specifically : theoretical as opposed to practical
< book farming >
b. : correct or advisable according to a book accepted as authoritative
< a book bid in bridge >
3. : shown by a system of accounting
< book value >
< the book strength of the enemy >
IV. transitive verb
Britain, of a referee : to note the name or number of (as a soccer player) for a serious infraction of the rules
intransitive verb
slang : leave : go |