Post
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Post
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1 a.
Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
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2 n.
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.
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3 n.
The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
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4 n.
The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
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5 n.
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.
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6 n.
A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
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7 n.
The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
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8 n.
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.
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9 n.
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.
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10 n.
Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
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11 n.
One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
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12 n.
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
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13 n.
A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
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14 v. t.
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.
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15 v. t.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
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16 v. t.
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
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17 v. t.
To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
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18 v. t.
To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
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19 v. t.
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
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20 v. t.
To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
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21 v. i.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
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22 v. i.
To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
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23 adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
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24 a.
Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
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25 n.
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.
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26 n.
The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
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27 n.
The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
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28 n.
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.
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29 n.
A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
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30 n.
The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
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31 n.
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.
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32 n.
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.
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33 n.
Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
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34 n.
One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
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35 n.
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
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36 n.
A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
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37 v. t.
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.
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38 v. t.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
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39 v. t.
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
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40 v. t.
To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
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41 v. t.
To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
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42 v. t.
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
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43 v. t.
To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
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44 v. i.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
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45 v. i.
To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
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46 adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
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47
A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
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A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.