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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mailed (māld),USA pronunciation adj. - clad or armed with mail:a mailed knight.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see mail2, -ed3
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mail1 /meɪl/USA pronunciation n. - letters, etc., sent or delivered by the postal service:[uncountable]The mail is sorted electronically.
- a single collection or delivery of such postal matter:[uncountable]Was there mail today?
- Also, mails. the system for sending or delivering such postal matter: [countable; usually singular]The mail is very slow in this area.[plural]The mails are slow in this area.[uncountable* by + ~]It came by mail last week.
adj. [before a noun] - of or relating to mail.
v. - to send by mail: [~ + object]Mail the package tomorrow.[~ + object + to + object]Mail your complaint to me.[~ + object + object]Mail me the proposal.
mail2 /meɪl/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Heraldryflexible armor of metal rings or plates.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mail1 (māl),USA pronunciation n. - letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
- a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered:to open one's mail;to find a bill in the mail;The mail for England was put on the noon plane.
- Also, mails. the system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.;
postal system:to buy clothes by mail. - a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter.
- electronic mail;
e-mail. - Idioms, Radio and Televisioncopy the mail, [CB Slang.]to monitor or listen to a CB transmission.
adj. - of or pertaining to mail.
v.t. - to send by mail;
place in a post office or mailbox for transmission. - to transmit by electronic mail.
- Gmc; compare Old High German mal(a)ha satchel, bag
- Old French malle
- Middle English male (noun, nominal) 1175–1225
- flexible armor of interlinked rings.
- Heraldryany flexible armor or covering, as one having a protective exterior of scales or small plates.
- Textilesan oval piece of metal pierced with a hole through which the warp ends are threaded, serving as an eyelet on a heddle or esp. on the harness cords of a Jacquard loom.
v.t. - to clothe or arm with mail.
- Latin macula spot, one of the interstices in a net; compare macula
- Old French
- Middle English maille one of the rings of which armor was composed 1250–1300
- monetary payment or tribute, esp. rent or tax.
Also, maill. - Old Norse māl agreement, speech, cognate with Old English mǣl speech
- Middle English (north) mal(e), late Old English māl agreement bef. 1150
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mail /meɪl/ n - Also called (esp Brit): post letters, packages, etc, that are transported and delivered by the post office
- the postal system
- a single collection or delivery of mail
- a train, ship, or aircraft that carries mail
- short for electronic mail
- (modifier) of, involving, or used to convey mail: a mail train
vb (transitive)- chiefly US Canadian to send by mail
Usual Brit word: post - to contact (a person) by electronic mail
- to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French male bag, probably from Old High German malha walletˈmailable adj mail /meɪl/ n - a type of flexible armour consisting of riveted metal rings or links
- the hard protective shell of such animals as the turtle and lobster
vb - (transitive) to clothe or arm with mail
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French maille mesh, from Latin macula spot |