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book
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n 1: a written work or composition that has been published
(printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good
book on economics"
2: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound
together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" [syn: book,
volume]
3: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or
someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'";
"his name is in all the record books" [syn: record, record
book, book]
4: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition;
used in preparing for a performance [syn: script, book,
playscript]
5: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got
a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: ledger, leger,
account book, book of account, book]
6: a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card
game
7: a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of
which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around
here" [syn: book, rule book]
8: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet
Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran,
Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]
9: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to
carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: Bible, Christian
Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ,
Scripture, Word of God, Word]
10: a major division of a long written composition; "the book of
Isaiah"
11: a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on
one edge; "he bought a book of stamps"
v 1: engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for
several concerts in Tokyo"
2: arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in
advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked
tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a
table at Maxim's" [syn: reserve, hold, book]
3: record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked
her when she tried to solicit a man"
4: register in a hotel booker
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brook
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n 1: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
[syn: brook, creek]
v 1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot
bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to
endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to
tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable
marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach,
bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide,
suffer, put up]
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cook
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n 1: someone who cooks food
2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for
Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
[syn: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James
Cook]
v 1: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for
the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make,
prepare]
3: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating;
"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
4: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures";
"cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge,
manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle,
misrepresent]
5: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal
mixture in a big iron kettle"
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crook
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n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally
convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook,
outlaw, malefactor]
2: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook
in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn]
3: a long staff with one end being hook shaped [syn: crook,
shepherd's crook]
v 1: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the
road curved sharply" [syn: crook, curve]
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gobbledygook
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n 1: incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists
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hook
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n 1: a catch for locking a door
2: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn:
hook, crotchet]
3: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come-
on, hook, lure, sweetener]
4: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold
or pull something [syn: hook, claw]
5: a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling
something
6: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed
golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking" [syn: hook,
draw, hooking]
7: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow
bent
8: a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is
farther from the basket [syn: hook shot, hook]
v 1: fasten with a hook [ant: unhook]
2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge,
soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,
rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
3: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread
with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
[syn: crochet, hook]
4: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the
left
5: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook,
snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom]
6: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage,
purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook,
sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
7: hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
8: catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
9: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on
something, especially a narcotic drug) [syn: addict,
hook]
10: secure with the foot; "hook the ball"
11: entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three
potential customers" [syn: hook, snare]
12: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited
by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in
the park" [syn: hook, solicit, accost]
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look
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n 1: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad
expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn:
expression, look, aspect, facial expression,
face]
2: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving
it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was
fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his
camera does his looking for him" [syn: look, looking,
looking at]
3: physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place"
4: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect
that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a
clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the
smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling,
flavor, flavour, look, smell]
v 1: perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She
looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!";
"Look--a deer in the backyard!"
2: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect;
"She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very
difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They
appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long
time" [syn: look, appear, seem]
3: have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she
look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the
surgery"
4: search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the
child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
[syn: search, look]
5: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to
another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks
north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces
the park" [syn: front, look, face] [ant: back]
6: take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I
must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"
[syn: attend, take care, look, see]
7: convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me"
8: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were
expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a
promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect,
look, await, wait]
9: accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!"
10: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help
you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can
bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
[syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate,
reckon]
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nook
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n 1: a sheltered and secluded place
2: an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was
in one corner of the room" [syn: corner, nook]
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precook
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v 1: cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take
long; "precook the rice"
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rook
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n 1: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied
squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the
chessboard [syn: castle, rook]
2: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of
the American crow [syn: rook, Corvus frugilegus]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
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schnook
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n 1: (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than
despised; "don't be such an apologetic shnook" [syn:
schnook, shnook]
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shook
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n 1: a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or
shipment
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sketchbook
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n 1: a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be
drawn [syn: sketchbook, sketch block, sketch pad]
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songbook
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n 1: a book containing a collection of songs
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textbook
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adj 1: according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook;
typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example"
[syn: casebook, textbook]
n 1: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his
economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor
wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" [syn:
textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school
text] [ant: trade book, trade edition]
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unhook
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v 1: take off a hook [ant: hook]
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snook
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n 1: large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and
brackish waters; resemble pike
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chinook
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n 1: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the
Rockies [syn: chinook, chinook wind, snow eater]
2: a member of an important North American Indian people who
controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were
organized into settlements rather than tribes
3: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon [syn: chinook
salmon, chinook, king salmon]
4: a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook [syn: Chinookan,
Chinook]
5: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after
spawning [syn: chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon,
quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha]
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overcook
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v 1: cook too long; "The vegetables were completely overcooked"
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cooke
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n 1: United States journalist (born in England in 1908) [syn:
Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke]
2: United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance
the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a
financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905) [syn: Cooke, Jay
Cooke]
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hooke
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n 1: English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and
proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of
planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of
gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular
structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into
biology and invented a balance spring for watches
(1635-1703) [syn: Hooke, Robert Hooke]
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checkbook
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n 1: a book issued to holders of checking accounts [syn:
checkbook, chequebook]
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chook
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forsook
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mistook
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took
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flook
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rebook
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rooke
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bukh
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lawbook
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redbook
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