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n.
1) to bring out, publish, put out; write a ~
2) to ban; censor; copyright; dedicate, inscribe; edit; expurgate; pirate; proofread; review; revise; translate a ~
3) to bind a ~
4) to set a ~ in type
5) to charge, check a ~ (out of a library)
6) to renew a ~ (borrowed from a library)
7) a children's; comic; complaint ~; cook~ ( AE ), cookery ( BE ) ~; hand~; illustrated; library; phrase; picture; prayer; rare; ration; reference; ring ( BE ) ~; school~; telephone ~; text~
8) ( colloq. ) the Good Book ('the Bible')
9) a ~ appears, comes out, is published
10) a ~ goes out of print; is sold out
11) a ~ about, on (a ~ about computers)
12) ( misc. ) to make ~ ('to make or accept bets'); a closed ~ ('an obscure matter, person'); ('a completed event, condition'); an open ~ ('an accessible subject, person'); (slang) to throw the ~ at smb. ('to punish an accused person severely'); to go by the ~ ('to adhere strictly to regulations')
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v. ( esp. BE )
1) ( C ) she ~ed a seat for me; or: she ~ed me a seat
2) ( D ; intr. tr. ) to ~ through to (can we ~ a ticket through to Berlin?)