Meaning of 'post' (Webster Dictionary)
- Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
- With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
- A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or
to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as
a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a
fence post; the posts of a house.
- The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were
chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
- The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a
station.
- A station, or one of a series of stations, established for
the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized
route; as, a stage or railway post.
- A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of
troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
- A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially,
one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels
regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
- An established conveyance for letters from one place or
station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country
for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the
mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
- Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
- One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal
station.
- A station, office, or position of service, trust, or
emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
- A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under
Paper.
- To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in
haste.
- To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the
motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
- To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of
affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post
playbills.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise
opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for
cowardice.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or
the like.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a
sentinel.
- To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger;
as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
- To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a
letter.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted
with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
Meaning of 'post' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
Example in sentence:- a pair of posts marked the goal;
- the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake
Meaning (2):
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
Example in sentence:- a sentry station;
- a soldier manned the entrance post
Meaning (3):
- a job in an organization
Example in sentence:- he occupied a post in the treasury
Meaning (4):
- an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
Example in sentence:- he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them
Meaning (5):
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
Example in sentence:- he works for the United States mail service;
- in England they call mail `the post';
- the mail handles billions of items every day
Meaning (6):
- the delivery and collection of letters and packages
Example in sentence:- if you hurry you'll catch the post;
- it came by the first post
Meaning (7):
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
Example in sentence:- is there any post for me?;
- she was opening her post;
- your mail is on the table
Meaning (8):
- military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
Example in sentence:- there is an officer's club on the post;
- this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby
Meaning (9):
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
Example in sentence:- I'll mail you the paper when it's written;
- send me your latest results
Meaning (10):
- publicize with, or as if with, a poster
Example in sentence:- I'll post the news on the bulletin board
Meaning (11):
- place so as to be noticed
Example in sentence:- post a sign;
- post a warning at the dump
Meaning (12):
- affix in a public place or for public notice
Meaning (13):
- mark or expose as infamous
Example in sentence:- She was branded a loose woman
Meaning (14):
- mark with a stake
Meaning (15):
- assign to a post; put into a post
Example in sentence:- The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
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