Bible

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).

   “If a person should happen to meet them when on these journeys, he should, if he has not a bible in his pocket, draw a circle round him on the ground, and in God's name forbid their approach.”

2. isim Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”).

   “The Buddhist bible tells this story of Buddha’s time of temptation when he was living as a hermit on the Mount of Snow.”

3. isim A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership; a foundational text.

   “handyman’s bible”

4. isim Ellipsis of pitch bible.
5. isim A binder containing copies of the most important documents for a particular matter.

   “Could you please add these to the case bible?”

6. isim Synonym of holystone: a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships.
7. isim A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.

   “My friend’s a genius, he will give me problems one through nine. The bible of a sophomore will have the needed lines.”

8. isim Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
9. isim The upper part of a pin-tumbler lock, containing the driver pins and springs.
10. özel isim The main religious text in Christianity.

    “In my religion class we learn about the Bible, as well as religious texts of other religions.”

11. özel isim The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.

    “She's Jewish, but she doesn't read the Bible because she's not religious.”

12. özel isim The analogous holy book of another religion or belief system.

    “He conveys to his foreign students the importance of the Qur'an by explaining that it is the Bible of Islam.”

13. özel isim The principal important document of some area of skill or expertise.

    “This technical handbook is the Bible of our trade.”

14. isim A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.

    “He had just become able to read, with much effort, short sentences in his Bible, and was constantly engaged during his leisure hours in studying its pages.”

15. özel isim A surname originating as a matronymic.