POST
post
(noun) the delivery and collection of letters and packages; âit came by the first postâ; âif you hurry youâll catch the postâ
position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
(noun) a job in an organization; âhe occupied a post in the treasuryâ
post
(noun) an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; âhe set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between themâ
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
post, stake
(noun) a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); âa pair of posts marked the goalâ; âthe corner of the lot was indicated by a stakeâ
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
post, station
(noun) the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; âa soldier manned the entrance postâ; âa sentry stationâ
Post, C. W. Post, Charles William Post
(noun) United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
Post, Emily Post, Emily Price Post
(noun) United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
Post, Wiley Post
(noun) United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
post
(verb) publicize with, or as if with, a poster; âIâll post the news on the bulletin boardâ
post
(verb) display, as of records in sports games
post, brand
(verb) mark or expose as infamous; âShe was branded a loose womanâ
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
station, post, send, place
(verb) assign to a station
post, put up
(verb) place so as to be noticed; âpost a signâ; âpost a warning at the dumpâ
stake, post
(verb) mark with a stake; âstake out the pathâ
post
(verb) affix in a public place or for public notice; âpost a warningâ
post
(verb) ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horseâs trotting gait
post, carry
(verb) transfer (entries) from one account book to another
post
(verb) assign to a post; put into a post; âThe newspaper posted him in Timbuktuâ
post
(verb) enter on a public list
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
post (plural posts)
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
(construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
A pole in a battery.
(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
(vocal music, chiefly, a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
(paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
(sports) A goalpost.
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
Verb
post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
(transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
(transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
To put content online, usually through a publicly accessible mean, such as a video channel, gallery, message board, blog etc.
Etymology 2
Noun
post (plural posts)
(obsolete) 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. [16th-17th c.]
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
(now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc, or the service provided by such an organisation. [from 17th c.]
A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. [from 17th c.]
A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
(American football) 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.
(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
Verb
post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier. [from 16th c.]
To travel quickly; to hurry. [from 16th c.]
(UK) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]
(horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. [from 19th c.]
(Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
Adverb
post (not comparable)
With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.
Sent via the postal service.
Etymology 3
Noun
post (plural posts)
An assigned station; a guard post.
An appointed position in an organization, job.
Verb
post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
Etymology 4
Preposition
post
After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
Etymology 5
Noun
post (uncountable)
(film, informal) Post-production.
Etymology 6
Noun
post (plural posts)
(medicine, informal) A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
Anagrams
• OTPs, POTS, PTOs, Spot, TPOs, opts, pots, spot, stop, tops
Noun
POST
(networking) An HTTP request method used to send an arbitrary amount of data to a web server.
(computing) Acronym of power-on self-test.
Coordinate terms
(networking)
• GET, PUT, DELETE
Anagrams
• OTPs, POTS, PTOs, Spot, TPOs, opts, pots, spot, stop, tops
Proper noun
Post (plural Posts)
A surname.
A village in Iran
An unincorporated community in Oregon
A city, the county seat of Garza County, Texas.
Anagrams
• OTPs, POTS, PTOs, Spot, TPOs, opts, pots, spot, stop, tops
Source: Wiktionary
Post-. Etym: [L. post behind, after; cf. Skr. paçcabehind, afterwards.]
Definition: A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
Post, a. Etym: [F. aposter to place in a post or position, generally for a bad purpose.]
Definition: Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
Post, n. Etym: [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See Position, and cf. 4th Post.]
1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house. They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the houses. Ex. xii. 7. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore, The gates of Azza, post and massy bar. Milton. Unto his order he was a noble post. Chaucer.
Note: Post, in the sense of an upright timber or strut, is used in composition, in such words as king-post, queen-post, crown-post, gatepost, etc.
2. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt. [Obs.] When God sends coin I will discharge your post. S. Rowlands. From pillar to post. See under Pillar.
– Knight of the post. See under Knight.
– Post hanger (Mach.), a bearing for a revolving shaft, adapted to be fastened to a post.
– Post hole, a hole in the ground to set the foot of a post in.
– Post mill, a form of windmill so constructed that the whole fabric rests on a vertical axis firmly fastened to the ground, and capable of being turned as the direction of the wind varies.
– Post and stall (Coal Mining), a mode of working in which pillars of coal are left to support the roof of the mine.
Post, n. Etym: [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See Position, and cf. Post a pillar.]
1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. Shak.
3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. Pope.
4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] "In post he came." Shak.
5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. Palfrey.
6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. The post of honor is a private station. Addison.
7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper. Post and pair, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. B. Jonson.
– Post bag, a mail bag.
– Post bill, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster.
– Post chaise, or Post coach, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post. Post day, a day on which the mall arrives or departs.
– Post hackney, a hired post horse. Sir H. Wotton.
– Post horn, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman.
– Post horse, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post.
– Post hour, hour for posting letters. Dickens.
– Post office. (a) An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail. (b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter.
– Postoffice order. See Money order, under Money.
– Post road, or Post route, a road or way over which the mail is carried.
– Post town. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law.
– To ride post, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible.
– To travel post, to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place.
Post, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posted; p. pr. & vb. n. Posting.]
1. To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
Note: Formerly, a large post was erected before the sheriff's office, or in some public place, upon which legal notices were displayed. This way of advertisement has not entirely gone of use.
2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice. On pain of being posted to your sorrow Fail not, at four, to meet me. Granville.
3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
4. To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel. "It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, . . . or to get him posted." De Quincey.
5. (Bookkeeping)
Definition: To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger. You have not posted your books these ten years. Arbuthnot.
6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
7. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up. Thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day. Lond. Sat. Rev. To post off, to put off; to delay. [Obs.] "Why did I, venturously, post off so great a business" Baxter.
– To post over, to hurry over. [Obs.] Fuller.
Post, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OF. poster. See 4th Post.]
1. To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste. "Post seedily to my lord your husband." Shak. And post o'er land and ocean without rest. Milton.
2. (Man.)
Definition: To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. [Eng.]
Post, adv.
Definition: With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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