the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; a soldier manned the entrance post; a sentry station
[ Syn: station ]
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
[ Syn: mail , mail service , postal service ]
the delivery and collection of letters and packages; it came by the first post; if you hurry you'll catch the 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 officers club on the post
[ Syn: military post ]
a job in an organization; he occupied a post in the treasury
[ Syn: position , berth , office , spot , billet , place , situation ]
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'
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
[ Syn: post , wiley post ]
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
[ Syn: post , emily post , emily price post ]
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
[ Syn: post , c. w. post , charles william 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
[ Syn: mail ]
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
[ Syn: stake ]
post (n.)
affix in a public place or for public notice; post a warning'
place so as to be noticed; post a sign; post a warning at the dump
[ Syn: put up ]
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; send me your latest results; Ill mail you the paper when its written
mark or expose as infamous; She was branded a loose woman
[ Syn: brand ]
publicize with, or as if with, a poster; I'll post the news on the bulletin board'
assign to a post; put into a post; The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu'
assign to a station
display, as of records in sports games
enter on a public list
transfer (entries) from one account book to another
[ Syn: carry ]
ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
mark with a stake; stake out the path
[ Syn: stake ]