Main entry: post
Definition: the delivery and collection of letters and packages
Usage: it came by the first post; if you hurry you'll catch the post
Main entry: berth, billet, spot, situation, position, post, place, office
Definition: a job in an organization
Usage: he occupied a post in the treasury
Main entry: military post, post
Definition: military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
Usage: this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby; there is an officer's club on the post
Main entry: post
Definition: an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
Usage: he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them
Main entry: mail, mail service, post, postal service
Definition: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
Usage: the mail handles billions of items every day; he works for the United States mail service; in England they call mail `the post'
Definition: a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
Usage: a pair of posts marked the goal; the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake
Definition: any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
Usage: your mail is on the table; is there any post for me?; she was opening her post
Definition: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
Usage: a soldier manned the entrance post; a sentry station
Main entry: Charles William Post, C. W. Post, Post
Definition: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
Main entry: Post, Emily Post, Emily Price Post
Definition: United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
Main entry: Post, Wiley Post
Definition: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
Main entry: post
Definition: publicize with, or as if with, a poster
Usage: I'll post the news on the bulletin board
Main entry: post
Definition: display, as of records in sports games
Definition: mark or expose as infamous
Usage: She was branded a loose woman
Definition: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
Usage: send me your latest results; I'll mail you the paper when it's written
Main entry: station, send, place, post
Definition: assign to a station
Definition: place so as to be noticed
Usage: post a sign; post a warning at the dump
Definition: mark with a stake
Usage: stake out the path
Main entry: post
Definition: affix in a public place or for public notice
Usage: post a warning
Main entry: post
Definition: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
Definition: transfer (entries) from one account book to another
Main entry: post
Definition: assign to a post; put into a post
Usage: The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
Main entry: post
Definition: enter on a public list