post

Verb

• mark or expose as infamous
  • She was branded a loose woman
    

• cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
  • send me your latest results
    
  • I'll mail you the paper when it's written
    

• place so as to be noticed
  • post a sign
    
  • post a warning at the dump
    

• mark with a stake
  • stake out the path
    

• ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait

• transfer (entries) from one account book to another

• enter on a public list

• display, as of records in sports games

• assign to a station

• assign to a post; put into a post
  • The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
    

• publicize with, or as if with, a poster
  • I'll post the news on the bulletin board
    

• affix in a public place or for public notice
  • post a warning
    

Noun

• the delivery and collection of letters and packages
  • it came by the first post
    
  • if you hurry you'll catch the post
    

• the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
  • the mail handles billions of items every day
    
  • he works for the United States mail service
    
  • in England they call mail `the post'
    

• a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
  • a pair of posts marked the goal
    
  • the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake
    

• any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
  • your mail is on the table
    
  • is there any post for me?
    
  • she was opening her post
    

• United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)

• United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)

• United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

• an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
  • he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them
    

• a job in an organization
  • he occupied a post in the treasury
    

• military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
  • this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby
    
  • there is an officer's club on the post
    

• the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
  • a soldier manned the entrance post
    
  • a sentry station
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  brand , mail , send , put up , stake , carry , station , place , mail service , postal service , Post , C. W. Post , Charles William Post , Emily Post , Emily Price Post , Wiley Post , position , berth , office , spot , billet , situation , military post