(noun) a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
mail, mail service, postal service, post
(noun) the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; âthe mail handles billions of items every dayâ; âhe works for the United States mail serviceâ; âin England they call mail âthe postââ
(noun) the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
mail, post
(noun) any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; âyour mail is on the tableâ; âis there any post for me?â; âshe was opening her postâ
mail, post, send
(verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; âsend me your latest resultsâ; âIâll mail you the paper when itâs writtenâ
mail, get off
(verb) send via the postal service; âIâll mail you the check tomorrowâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mail (countable and uncountable, plural mails)
(now regional) A bag or wallet. [from 13thc.]
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
The material conveyed by the postal service. [from 17thc.]
(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
The postal service or system in general. [from 17thc.]
(chiefly US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.]
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer networkâbased service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc, may be carried.
In the United States, mails (plural) can mean "the postal system".
• (postal system): post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)
mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)
(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
(ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
(transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
• (send through the mail): post
mail (usually uncountable, plural mails)
(uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
(obsolete, rare) A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)
(transitive) To arm with mail.
(transitive) To pinion.
mail (plural mails)
(historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
(chiefly, Scottish) A monetary payment or tribute.
(chiefly, Scottish) Rent.
(chiefly, Scottish) Tax.
• Liam, Lima, Mali, Mila, alim, lima, mali
Source: Wiktionary
Mail, n.
Definition: A spot. [Obs.]
Mail, n. Etym: [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See Medal.]
1. A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. [Obs.] [Written also maile, and maille.]
2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.] Mail and duties (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in whatever form paid.
Mail, n. Etym: [OE. maile, maille, F. maille a ring of mail, mesh, network, a coat of mail, fr. L. macula spot, a mesh of a net. Cf. Macle, Macula, Mascle.]
1. A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor. Chaucer. Chain mail, Coat of mail. See under Chain, and Coat.
2. Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc. We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail. Gay.
Mail, v. t.
1. To arm with mail.
2. To pinion. [Obs.]
Mail, n. Etym: [OE. male bag, OF. male, F. malle bag, trunk, mail, OHG. malaha, malha, wallet; akin to D. maal, male; cf. Gael. & Ir. mala, Gr.
1. A bag; a wallet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter. There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague. Tatler.
3. That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
4. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott. Mail bag, a bag in which mailed matter is conveyed under public authority.
– Mail boat, a boat that carries the mail.
– Mail catcher, an iron rod, or other contrivance, attached to a railroad car for catching a mail bag while the train is in motion.
– Mail guard, an officer whose duty it is to guard the public mails. [Eng.] -- Mail train, a railroad train carrying the mail.
Mail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mailing.]
Definition: To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter. [U. S.]
Note: In the United States to mail and to post are both in common use; as, to mail or post a letter. In England post is the commoner usage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; âthematic vowels are part of the stemâ
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de ChinchinĂĄ (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, ChinchinĂĄ, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
