book

/buหk/

IPA: /B UH1 K/

noun
  1. 1

    A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

    โ€œHe was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.โ€

  2. 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.

    โ€œI have three copies of his first book.โ€

  3. 3

    A major division of a long work.

    โ€œGenesis is the first book of the Bible.โ€

  4. 4

    A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

    โ€œI'm running a book on who is going to win the race.โ€

  5. 5

    A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.

    โ€œa book of raffle ticketsโ€

  6. 6

    The script of a musical or opera.

  7. 7

    (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.

  8. 8

    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).

  9. 9

    (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.

  10. 10

    Four of a kind

  11. 11

    A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.

  12. 12

    (by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.

  13. 13

    The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.

  14. 14

    Any source of instruction.

verb
  1. 1

    To reserve (something) for future use.

    โ€œI can book tickets for the concert next week.โ€

  2. 2

    To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

    โ€œThey booked that message from the hillโ€

  3. 3

    (law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

    โ€œThe police booked him for driving too fast.โ€

  4. 4

    To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.

  5. 5

    To travel very fast.

    โ€œHe was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.โ€

  6. 6

    To record bets as bookmaker.

  7. 7

    (law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.

    โ€œThe top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.โ€

  8. 8

    To leave.

    โ€œHe was here earlier, but he booked.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    (with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.

    โ€œI baked a delicious cherry pie.โ€

  2. 2

    (with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.

    โ€œThe cake baked at 350ยฐF.โ€

  3. 3

    To be warmed to drying and hardening.

    โ€œThe clay baked in the sun.โ€

  4. 4

    To dry by heat.

    โ€œThey baked the electrical parts lightly to remove moisture.โ€

  5. 5

    To be hot.

    โ€œI'm baking after that workout in the gym.โ€

  6. 6

    To cause to be hot.

  7. 7

    To smoke marijuana.

  8. 8

    To harden by cold.

  9. 9

    To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.

  10. 10

    (with "in" or "into") To incorporate into something greater.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/book