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 uprightposition "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 firstsoloflight around the world (1899-1935)
7. (noun)Post, C. W. Post, Charles William Post United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
8. (noun)mail, post any particularcollection 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 postoffice "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"
11. (noun)post the delivery and collection of letters and packages
"it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post"
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"
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