post

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

• ram a post into the ground

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.; A pole erected to mark a spot.

• The posts mark the boundaries of the property.

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.; The stakes that mark the beginning or end of a horse race

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.; The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.obsolete

• when God ſends coyne, I will diſcharge your poaſt

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.; A goalpost.

• But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.; A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.; A stud; a two-by-four.

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.; The wire-like core of metal in an earring.

A pole in a battery.

A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.

To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.transitive

• Post no bills.
• Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.

To announce publicly; to publish.broadlytransitive

• The company posted record profits this quarter.

To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.

• to post someone for cowardice

To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.

• You have not poſted your Books theſe Ten years; hovv is it poſſible for a Man of Buſineſs to keep his Affairs even in the VVorld at this rate?

To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.

• thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day

To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.; To pay (a stake or blind).transitive

• Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.

To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.; To pay bail.transitive

• to post bail

Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.obsolete

A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.dated

• a stage or railway post

A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.

• September 6th.—The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the reca

Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.historical

• I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post.
• in certain ſet places there be alwaies fresh Poſts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the others

An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.AustraliaIndiaIreland

• I sent a parcel via/by post.
• I take it too as an opportunity of sending you the fair copy of the poem on Dullness, which was not then finished, and which I should not care to hazard by the common post.

A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.AustraliaIndiaIreland

• Royal Mail worker Evette Chapman gathered a team of 12 colleagues to deliver post in fancy dress and raise money for a nurses' charity and patients in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.

A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.

• Oli conceded defeat and, in a post on X Saturday, congratulated Shah. “Balen Babu, Congratulations to you for the victory! May your five-year tenure be smooth and successful—heartfelt best wishes!”

A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.

• Two of the receivers ran post patterns.

Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.obsolete

• And then in post he came from Mantua.

One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.obsolete

• there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.

To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.

• Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].

To travel quickly; to hurry.

• thousand at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.

To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.AustraliaIndiaIreland

• Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.

To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.

To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.Internet

• I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.

With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.not-comparable

• His highness comes post from Marseilles,
• In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.

Sent via the postal service.not-comparable

An assigned station; a guard post.

• From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights

An appointed position in an organization, job.

• As hard as this may seem for some people to understand, my adamant stand in favor of President Clinton leaving his post was not personal.

To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.

To assign to a station; to set; to place.

• Post a sentinel in front of the door.

Synonym of after, particularly used with historical dating.

• The chronicle mentions the defenestration of the local bishop, indicating a composition sometime post 1327.

Post-production.informaluncountable

• We'll fix it in post.

A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).informal

• I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.