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Quick definitions from WordNet (post)
▸ noun: the delivery and collection of letters and packages ("It came by the first post")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand ("A soldier manned the entrance post")
▸ noun: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
▸ noun: United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
▸ noun: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
▸ noun: a job in an organization ("He occupied a post in the treasury")
▸ noun: military installation at which a body of troops is stationed ("This military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby")
▸ noun: any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered ("Is there any post for me?")
▸ noun: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office ("In England they call mail `the post'")
▸ verb: transfer (entries) from one account book to another
▸ verb: assign to a post; put into a post ("The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu")
▸ verb: enter on a public list
▸ verb: publicize with, or as if with, a poster ("I'll post the news on the bulletin board")
▸ verb: display, as of records in sports games
▸ verb: mark or expose as infamous
▸ verb: put up ("Post a sign")
▸ verb: affix in a public place or for public notice ("Post a warning")
▸ verb: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
▸ verb: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
▸ verb: assign to a station
▸ verb: mark with a stake
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 12500 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1481)
▸ Also see posts
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to post
▸ Usage examples for post
▸ Idioms related to post (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing post
▸ Words that often appear near post
▸ Rhymes of post
▸ Invented words related to post
▸ noun: the delivery and collection of letters and packages ("It came by the first post")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand ("A soldier manned the entrance post")
▸ noun: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
▸ noun: United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
▸ noun: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
▸ noun: a job in an organization ("He occupied a post in the treasury")
▸ noun: military installation at which a body of troops is stationed ("This military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby")
▸ noun: any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered ("Is there any post for me?")
▸ noun: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office ("In England they call mail `the post'")
▸ verb: transfer (entries) from one account book to another
▸ verb: assign to a post; put into a post ("The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu")
▸ verb: enter on a public list
▸ verb: publicize with, or as if with, a poster ("I'll post the news on the bulletin board")
▸ verb: display, as of records in sports games
▸ verb: mark or expose as infamous
▸ verb: put up ("Post a sign")
▸ verb: affix in a public place or for public notice ("Post a warning")
▸ verb: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
▸ verb: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
▸ verb: assign to a station
▸ verb: mark with a stake
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 12500 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1481)
▸ Also see posts
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to post
▸ Usage examples for post
▸ Idioms related to post (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing post
▸ Words that often appear near post
▸ Rhymes of post
▸ Invented words related to post