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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
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