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Definition book

Etymology 1

From Middle English booke, book, bok, from Old English b?c, from Proto-Germanic *b?ks (“beech, book”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh??os (“beech”).

book (plural books)

1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
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.
3. (heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an object, used as a charge; as in the arms of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
4. A major division of a long work.
5. (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
6. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
7. (theater) The script of a musical.
8. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
9. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
10. (law) A colloquial reference to 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).
11. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
12. (poker slang) four of a kind
13. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
14. (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
15. (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.

Etymology 2

From Middle English booken, boken, from Old English b?cian, ?eb?cian, from the noun (see above).

Verb

book (third-person singular simple present books, present participle booking, simple past and past participle booked)

1. (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
2. (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
3. (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
4. (sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
5. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
6. To record bets as bookmaker.
7. (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
8. (intransitive, slang) To leave.

Etymology 3

From Middle English book, bok, from Old English b?c, from Proto-Germanic *b?k, first and third person singular indicative past tense of Proto-Germanic *bakan? (“to bake”).

Verb

book

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) simple past tense of bake

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