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Definition of 'MAIL'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mail
letters, packages, etc., sent or delivered by the postal service.

2.  mail
a single collection or delivery of such postal matter.

3.  mail
Also, mails. the system, usu. operated by the government, for sending or delivering such postal matter.

4.  mail
a conveyance used as a carrier of mail.

5.  mail
e-mail.

6. (adj.) mail
of or pertaining to mail.

7. (v.t.) mail
to send by mail.

8. (n.) mail
flexible armor of metal rings or plates.

9.  mail
any protective armor, as the shell of certain animals.

10. (v.t.) mail
to clothe or arm with mail.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME maille one of the rings of which such armor was composed)

Definition of 'MAIL'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mail
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

2. (noun) mail, mail service, postal service, 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'"

3. (noun) mail
a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system

4. (noun) mail, post
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"

5. (verb) chain mail, ring mail, mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

6. (verb) mail, get off
send via the postal service
"I'll mail you the check tomorrow"

7. (verb) mail, post, send
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
"send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"

Definition of 'MAIL'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) mail
letters and packages that are sent from one place to another
Did the mail come?; Was there anything interesting in the mail?

2. mail
the system used to deliver letters and packages
I still pay some bills by mail.; items that get lost in the mail

3. mail
email
You have mail.

4. (verb) mail
to send sth using the mail system
I mailed the package to her yesterday.

Definition of 'MAIL'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) MAIL
a spot

2. (noun) MAIL
a small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V

3. (noun) MAIL
rent; tribute

4. (noun) MAIL
a flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor

5. (noun) MAIL
hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering

6. (noun) MAIL
a contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage

7. (noun) MAIL
any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc

8. (noun) MAIL
a bag; a wallet

9. (noun) MAIL
the bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter

10. (noun) MAIL
that which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office

11. (noun) MAIL
a trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried

12. (verb) MAIL
to arm with mail

13. (verb) MAIL
to pinion

14. (verb) MAIL
to deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter

Translation of 'MAIL'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: letters, parcels etc by post His secretary opens his mail.
Afrikaans: pos	Arabic: بَريد	Bulgarian: поща
Brazilian: correio	Czech: pošta	German: die Post
Danish: post	Greek: ταχυδρομείο, αλληλογραφία	Spanish: correo, cartas, correspon
Estonian: post	Farsi: مرسوله پستی	Finnish: posti
French: courrier	Hebrew: דוֹאָר	Hindi: डाक
Croatian: pošta	Hungarian: posta	Indonesian: surat pos
Icelandic: póstur	Italian: posta	Japanese: 郵便
Korean: 우편물	Lithuanian: paštas, korespondencija	Latvian: pasts; korespondence
Malay: surat	Dutch: post	Norwegian: (brev-/pakke) post
Polish: poczta	Persian: نامه،پست	Pashto: ليك
Portuguese: correio	Romanian: poştă; corespondenţă	Russian: почта
Slovak: pošta	Slovenian: pošta	Serbian: pošta
Swedish: post	Thai: จดหมาย	Turkish: posta
Taiwanese: 郵件	Ukrainian: пошта	Urdu: ڈاک سے بھیجے جانے والے خط
Vietnamese: thư từ; bưu kiện	Chinese: 邮件
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