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Definitions of 'POST' Wordnet 

1. (noun) post, station
the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
"a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"

2. (noun) military post, post
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"

3. (noun) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"

4. (noun) post
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"

5. (noun) Post, Wiley Post
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

6. (noun) Post, Emily Post, Emily Price Post
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)

7. (noun) Post, C. W. Post, Charles William Post
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)

8. (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"

9. (noun) post, stake
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"

10. (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'"

11. (verb) post
the delivery and collection of letters and packages
"it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post"

12. (verb) post
affix in a public place or for public notice
"post a warning"

13. (verb) post
publicize with, or as if with, a poster
"I'll post the news on the bulletin board"

14. (verb) post
assign to a post; put into a post
"The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"

15. (verb) station, post, send, place
assign to a station

16. (verb) post
display, as of records in sports games

17. (verb) post
enter on a public list

18. (verb) post, carry
transfer (entries) from one account book to another

19. (verb) post
ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait

20. (verb) stake, post
mark with a stake
"stake out the path"

21. (verb) post, put up
place so as to be noticed
"post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"

22. (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"

23. (verb) post, brand
mark or expose as infamous
"She was branded a loose woman"


Definitions of 'POST' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) POST
hired to do what is wrong; suborned

2. (adverb) POST
with post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post

3. (noun) 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

4. (noun) POST
the doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt

5. (noun) POST
the place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station

6. (noun) POST
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

7. (noun) POST
a military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station

8. (noun) POST
the piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited

9. (noun) POST
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

10. (noun) POST
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

11. (noun) POST
haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier

12. (noun) POST
one who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station

13. (noun) POST
a station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger

14. (noun) POST
a size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper

15. (verb) POST
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

16. (verb) POST
to hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice

17. (verb) POST
to enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like

18. (verb) POST
to assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel

19. (verb) POST
to carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger

20. (verb) POST
to place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter

21. (verb) POST
to inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up

22. (verb) POST
to travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste

23. (verb) POST
to rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting


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