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Post

noun
1.
The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand.  Synonym: station.  "A sentry station"
2.
Military installation at which a body of troops is stationed.  Synonym: military post.  "There is an officer's club on the post"
3.
A job in an organization.  Synonyms: berth, billet, office, place, position, situation, spot.
4.
An upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position.
5.
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935).  Synonym: Wiley Post.
6.
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960).  Synonyms: Emily Post, Emily Price Post.
7.
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914).  Synonyms: C. W. Post, Charles William Post.
8.
Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered.  Synonym: mail.  "Is there any post for me?" , "She was opening her post"
9.
A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track).  Synonym: stake.  "The corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
10.
The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office.  Synonyms: mail, mail service, postal service.  "He works for the United States mail service" , "In England they call mail 'the post'"
11.
The delivery and collection of letters and packages.  "If you hurry you'll catch the post"
verb
(past & past part. posted; pres. part. posting)
1.
Affix in a public place or for public notice.
2.
Publicize with, or as if with, a poster.
3.
Assign to a post; put into a post.
4.
Assign to a station.  Synonyms: place, send, station.
5.
Display, as of records in sports games.
6.
Enter on a public list.
7.
Transfer (entries) from one account book to another.  Synonym: carry.
8.
Ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait.
9.
Mark with a stake.  Synonym: stake.
10.
Place so as to be noticed.  Synonym: put up.  "Post a warning at the dump"
11.
Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place.  Synonyms: mail, send.  "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
12.
Mark or expose as infamous.  Synonym: brand.



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"Post" Quotes from Famous Books



... story. The only comfort we could give her was to assure her that her husband had died instantly and without pain; for while she had been resting Dr. Rose had made a post-mortem examination of the body and had come to this conclusion. He found that O'Hara had evidently been lying on his back at the time, and that the lion, seizing his head in its mouth, had closed its long tusks through his ...
— The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures • J. H. Patterson
... the mending of the tire, and the fall of darkness wore out what spirits were left among the four voyagers. At last the little town was reached, and the machine was compelled to stop on the outskirts of the village, by the old post-road house, where a sleepy soldier was guarding the road ...
— The Ghost Breaker - A Novel Based Upon the Play • Charles Goddard
... whom they spoke was the coming man who should take the place of the leader of the first violins—it followed that he would be at least an excellent performer—possibly a clever man in many other ways, for the post was in many ways a good one. Our kapelle was no mean one—in our own estimation at any rate. Our late first violinist, who had recently died, had been on visiting terms with persons of the highest respectability, had ...
— The First Violin - A Novel • Jessie Fothergill
... place the men present fell back in a semi-circle. Not a sound was heard, not a whisper, not a breath. In silence and with a joyous solemnity well befitting the occasion, Mrs. Brand cast her first vote, at five minutes past eight in the morning. The post-master of the city, Mr. Chase, offered his congratulations. A few ordinary remarks were exchanged, and then Mrs. Brand left the place. And that was all; neither more nor less. No opposition, no rudeness, no jostling crowd of men, but such ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various
... to plant a trading-post at Astoria [Footnote: Irving, Astoria.] had been defeated by the treachery of his men, who, at the opening of the War of 1812, turned the post over to the British Northwest fur-traders. The two great branches of the Columbia, the one reaching up ...
— Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 - Volume 14 in the series American Nation: A History • Frederick Jackson Turner


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