Which word in the English language has the most meanings?

Question

e.g. book has 14 that i can think of...
1) You can read a book
2)You can book a flight
3) The book is a set of rules
4) A main section of the bible is a book
5) The book is the first six tricks played in bridge
6) You can book into a hotel
7) You can be booked up
8) You can bring someone to book
9) You can play by the book
10) You can be in someone's good books
11) You can take books when gambling
12) You can be on someone's books
13) You can take a leaf out of someone's book.
14) You can throw the book at someone

Answer 1

SET has 464 definitions in the Oxford dictionary

Answer 2

You used the same meaning several times

'1'
2)You can book a flight
6) You can book into a hotel
7) You can be booked up
All of these have the same meaning. Booking or Reserving.

'2'
1) You can read a book
3) The book is a set of rules
11) You can take books when gambling
All of these have the same meaning. Referring to an actual Book with pages.

'3'
4) A main section of the bible is a book

'4'
5) The book is the first six tricks played in bridge

'5'
12) You can be on someone's books
Different enough I suppose. Does refer to a certain type of book; budget books.

8) You can bring someone to book
13) You can take a leaf out of someone's book.
What do these even mean?

14) You can throw the book at someone
9) You can play by the book
10) You can be in someone's good books
These are ALL sayings, catchphrases, NOT different meanings.

Only 5. 4.5 really.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

The problem is that your examples do not relay 14 different meanings:

It has the same meaning in 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 14; they just happen to be different idiomatic uses;

likewise, in the meaning of "to reserve" 2, 6, and 7 also use the word with the same basic meaning.

- The use of "book" as a betting term is arguably a different meaning but is still originally based on the original meaning of book.

One word which dioes have an enormous number of different uses (not necessarily different meanings) is "get"; others are "make" and "do".

Answer 4

diverse-meaning words diverse meaning words are words that have quite a few meanings based upon how they are utilized in a sentence. case in point: Bat a million. Bat: The Mammal (noun) 2. Bat: The device (noun) 3. Bat the Ball (action Verb) listed under are examples of ways bat could properly be utilized in a sentence: a million. I watched the bat flitting interior the direction of the trees. 2. Raymond gripped the bat tightly as he waited for the pitch. 3. i'm hoping i will bat a house run!

Answer 5

"You can take a leaf out of someone's book". Makes you think of how you can improve your own life and give to others.

Answer 6

most of the examples you gave 'book' means the same thing. I'm guessing it has two meanings, book as in with pages or book as in make an appointment

Answer 7

Makes my head hurt.....doesn't it seem that every question gets at least one sarcastic answer? The word does have several different meanings and a lot of uses. Right?

Answer 8

Get. 2 columns in the OED.

Answer 9

SET.
Why has everyone been marked down on the answers?

Answer 10

Not sure what word has the most overall meanings, but the 3-letter word with the most meanings has to be "bar".