post1 /pōst/ noun- A stout, stiff stake or pillar of timber or other material, usu fixed in an upright position
- An upright member of a frame, a vertical timber supporting a horizontal one (often in compounds, as in doorpost, goalpost)
- An upright pole marking the beginning or end of a race track, a starting-post or winning post
- The pin of a lock
- The shaft of an earring, the part that passes through the hole in the earlobe
- A solid thickish stratum (geology)
- A pillar of coal left in a mine as a support
- A tavern doorpost, on which a score was chalked (Shakespeare)
transitive verb- To stick up on a post, hence on a board, door, wall, hoarding, etc
- To announce, advertise or denounce by placard
- To announce the name of in a published list
- To make available online or on an Internet site
- To placard as having failed in an examination, or failed to be classed
- To announce (a ship) as overdue
- To affix a bill or notice to
ORIGIN: OE post, from L postis a doorpost, from pōnere to place postˈer noun post hole noun (archaeology) A hole sunk in the ground to take a fence post, roof support, etc Postˈ-it® or Post-it note® noun A small piece of paper on which a note may be written, the adhesive on its back allowing it to be temporarily affixed to a variety of surfaces post mill noun A windmill pivoted on a post between you and me and the (bed-, lamp-, gate-, etc) post In confidence first past the post Having reached the winning post first, having won the race (see also first-past-the-post under first) from pillar to post see under pillar sheriff's post (historical) A post at a sheriff's door (see under sheriff) post2 /pōst/ noun- An appointment
- Office, position or job
- A fixed place or station, esp a place to which a soldier or body of soldiers is assigned for duty
- A body of soldiers so stationed
- (generally) one's place of duty, one's station
- Full rank as naval captain (see post captain below)
- A settlement or trading establishment, esp in a remote area
- A bugle-call (first or last post) summoning soldiers to their quarters at night, or (last post) blown at funerals
transitive verb- To station somewhere on duty
- To transfer (personnel, a military unit) to a new location
- To appoint to a post
- To send or appoint (to a ship) as full captain
ORIGIN: Ital posto, from L positum, from ponere to place postˈing noun post captain noun Formerly, a full captain in command of, or having commanded, a ship of more than twenty guns (a post ship), distinguished from a commander (called a captain by courtesy) post exchange see PX postˈholder noun The holder of a position or job post3 /pōst/ noun- An officially established system for the conveyance and delivery of mail
- Letters and parcels delivered by this system, mail
- A collection or delivery of mail
- A post office, or post-office letter box
- An item published on the World Wide Web
- A messenger carrying letters by stages or otherwise (historical)
- A public letter-carrier (historical)
- A postman (obsolete or dialect)
- A mail-coach (historical)
- A packet-boat (obsolete)
- A posthorse (Shakespeare)
- A fixed place or stage on a road, for forwarding letters and change of horses (historical)
- A name often given to a newspaper
- Haste (Shakespeare)
- A size of writing paper, double that of common notepaper (orig with watermark, a post horn)
transitive verb- To put into a letter box, or hand over at a post office, for conveyance and delivery
- To enter in a ledger, or (with up) update (a ledger), or transfer to another book or account (bookkeeping)
- To supply with news or the latest information
- To publish on the World Wide Web
- To shift or transfer (eg blame) to another (with over or off; Shakespeare)
intransitive verb- To travel with posthorses or with speed
- To move up and down in the saddle, in time with the horse's movements
adverb- With posthorses
- With speed
ORIGIN: Fr poste, from Ital posta, from L posita, from pōnere, positum to place postˈer noun - Someone who travels post (Shakespeare)
- A posthorse (historical)
- The person who posts a letter
- See also poster1
postˈie noun (Scot and Aust informal) A postman postˈing noun and adjective postˈbag noun - A mailbag
- A term used collectively for letters received
postˈbox noun A letter box post boy noun (historical) - A boy who rides posthorses or who carries letters
- A postilion
postˈbus noun A small bus used for delivering mail and for conveying passengers, esp in rural areas postˈcard noun - A card for writing messages on, often with a picture on one side, designed for sending through the post without an envelope
- Such a card not issued by the post office, as distinct from a postal card (qv under postal) (US)
transitive verb To send a postcard to post chaise (popularly po’ˈchay, poˈchay and po’ˈchaise) noun (historical) A carriage, usu four-wheeled, for two or four passengers, with a postilion, used in travelling with posthorses post-chaiseˈ intransitive verb To travel by post chaise postˈcode noun A code, often a combination of letters and numbers, specific to a particular section of housing, added to addresses to ease the task of sorting mail for delivery transitive verb To provide with or affix a postcode postcode lottery noun (informal) A situation in which the provision of services such as medical treatment or education, rather than being uniform everywhere, varies in quality according to where people live post day noun The day on which the post or mail arrives or departs post-freeˈ adjective and adverb - Without charge for postage
- With postage prepaid
posthasteˈ noun (from the old direction on letters, haste, post, haste) haste in travelling like that of a post adjective - Speedy
- Immediate
adverb With utmost haste or speed post horn noun - A postman's horn
- A long straight brass horn blown by a coach guard
postˈhorse noun A horse kept for posting postˈhouse noun - An inn, orig where horses were kept for posting
- A post office
post letter noun A letter in the custody of the post office postˈman noun - A man who delivers mail
- A post or courier (historical)
postman's knock noun A party game in which players take turns to pretend to deliver a letter, and get a kiss from the ‘recipient’ postˈmark noun The mark stamped upon an item of mail at a post office defacing the postage stamp or showing the date and place of despatch or of arrival transitive verb To mark an item of mail in this way postˈmaster noun - A person in charge of a local post office
- Someone who supplies posthorses (historical)
- (with cap) a portionist or scholar on the foundation of Merton College, Oxford
postmaster general noun - The minister at the head of a country's postal services
- (with caps) this post in the UK, abolished in 1969
postˈmastership noun postˈmistress noun A woman in charge of a local post office post office noun - An office for receiving and transmitting letters by post, and other business
- (with caps) a government department or national authority in charge of the conveyance of letters, etc in various countries
post-office box noun One of a series of private numbered boxes or locations in a post office, where mail is kept until called for by the addressee Post Office Savings Bank noun The older name of the National Savings Bank postˈ-paidˈ adjective Having the postage prepaid postˈperson noun A postman or postwoman postˈrider noun (historical) The rider of a posthorse post road noun (historical) A road with stations for posthorses post time noun The time for the despatch or for the delivery of letters post town, post village noun A town or village with a post office postˈwoman noun A woman who delivers mail general post A game in which the players change places simultaneously keep posted (informal) To supply with the latest news post4 /pōst/ noun- A stake in a game
- A good or winning hand as in the old card game of post and pair, in which players vied on the goodness of their hand, a pair-royal (qv under pair1) being best
transitive verb To stake ORIGIN: post2, or Ital posta a stake |