Book

noun books · boke · booke

1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. Knowing I lou'd my bookes, he furniſhd me / From mine owne Library, with volumes, that / I prize aboue my Dukedome.
2. 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. I have three copies of his first book.
3. A major division of a long work. Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
4. A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet). I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
5. informal A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
6. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use. a book of stamps
7. The script of a musical or opera. The guild helps ensure that the ownership and control of the music, lyrics, and book of a show remain in the hands of its authors and composers—not the producers.
8. plural normally Records of the accounts of a business.
9. 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).
10. Six tricks taken by one side.
11. slang Four of a kind.
12. A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
13. broadly A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game. Celtic captain Scott Brown joined team-mate Majstorovic in the book and Rangers' John Fleck was also shown a yellow card as an ill-tempered half drew to a close.
14. The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
15. A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
16. The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
17. figuratively Any source of instruction.
18. with definite article The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps. The Book is an oral tradition of belief in The Life that has been passed down from player to player from generation to generation.
19. informal A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry. Getting your book (portfolio) organised is the first step, and knowing both what to include, and what to leave out, is an essential step towards achieving that important agency placement.
20. uncountable The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame. The opposite-colored bishops endgame is usually a book draw.
21. historical A package of silk. This machinery was provided with a rotary drum with received upon its periphery the "books" of silk to be operated upon and presented them to travelling, combing, or dressing surfaces. The books were clamped and released automatically by the aid of bars formed with wedges and put in operation by scr

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verb books · booking · booked

1. transitive To reserve (something) for future use. I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.
2. transitive To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book. They booked that message from the hill.
3. transitive To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. I booked a flight to New York.
4. transitive To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action. The police booked him for driving too fast.
5. To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
6. intransitive, slang To travel very fast. He was really booking until he passed the speed trap.
7. To record bets as bookmaker.
8. transitive To receive the highest grade in a class. The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
9. intransitive, slang To move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly. He was here earlier, but he booked.

verb

1. Northern England, UK, dialectal, past simple past of bake

proper noun the Book

1. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of the Good Book, the Bible.the Good Book
2. The Qur'an, especially its supposed divine form inclusive of the true teachings previously provided to the "People of the Book", Jews and Christians.

proper noun Books

1. A surname.