Meaning of post in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

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

  Example: ram a post into the ground

• A stud; a two-by-four.

• A pole in a battery.

• A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.

• (chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.

• A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.

• A goalpost.

• A location on a basketball court near the basket.

• The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.

verb

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

  Example: Post no bills.

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

  Example: to post someone for cowardice

• 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.

• To pay (a blind).

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

• To put content online, usually through a publicly accessible mean, such as a video channel, gallery, message board, blog etc.

noun

• 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.

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

  Example: 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.

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

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

  Example: sent via post; parcel post

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

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

• 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.

  Example: Two of the receivers ran post patterns.

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

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

verb

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

• To travel quickly; to hurry.

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

  Example: 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.

• (horse-riding) 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.

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

adverb

• With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.

• Sent via the postal service.

noun

• An assigned station; a guard post.

• An appointed position in an organization, job.

verb

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

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

  Example: Post a sentinel in front of the door.

preposition

• After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.

noun

• Post-production.

noun

• A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).