Post
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English
Noun
Post (plural Posts)- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
- (construction) a stud; a two-by-four.
- A pole in a battery
- (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to strengthen the tooth.
- (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.
- A message posted in an electronic forum.
- (sports) goalpost
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.
- Post no bills.
- (transitive, Internet) To send to an electronic forum.
- (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind)
Noun
Post (plural Posts)- An assigned station; a guard post.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- A method of sending mail by a relay system of horses and riders.
- Any mail system for sending tangible messages or parcels.
- sent via post; parcel post
- An individual message or parcel sent by mail.
Verb
Post (third-person singular simple present Posts, present participle Posting, simple past and past participle Posted)
- To send mail.
- 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.
- (Internet) To send a message to a Usenet newsgroup or to a mailing list; to save a message on a blog.
Adverb
Post (not comparable)
Preposition
Post
- after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
Adjectives for Post
strategic; arduous; worthless; perilous; impregnable; respective; important; significant; established; permanent; fortified; newly-created; farthest; diplomatic; faint; unbodied; lucrative; sedulous.
Verbs for Post
abandon—; assign to—; banish to—; confine to—; establish—; join—; locate—; occupy —; relinquish—; settle at—; station at—; strengthen—; vacate—; —discharges; — lodges; —mobilizes; —quarters.
Adverbs for Post
ostentatiously; publicly; secretly; strategically; perilously; intermittently; permanently; periodically; diplomatically.
Thesaurus
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cord, cordwood, correspondence, cough up, countinghouse, country store, courier, credit, crowd, cry up, cut, dado, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, deal, debit, delegate, delivery, department store, deposit, depute, deputize, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, die, dime store, diplomatic courier, direct mail, direct-mail selling, discount house, discount store, dispatch, distance, division, docket, donjon, doorjamb, doorpost, double-time, driftwood, drop a letter, duty, embark, emissary, employment, emporium, empower, engagement, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, entrust, enumerate, establish, establishment, estafette, expedite, export, express, fasthold, fastness, festinate, file, fill in, fill out, firewood, five-and-ten, fling, footing, footstalk, fork over, fort, fortress, forward, fourth-class mail, frank, freight, function, garrison, garrison house, gatepost, general store, get going, get moving, gig, give a write-up, give in charge, give publicity, go bail, go-between, grave, grease the palm, ground, halfpenny post, handsel, hardwood, haste, hasten, hie, hitching post, hock, hold, house, hump, hump it, hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, hypothecate, impanel, impignorate, incise, incumbency, index, inform, inscribe, insert, inventory, itemize, jack, jamb, job, jot down, journalize, junk mail, keep, keep books, keep score, kick in, king post, lath, lathing, lathwork, lay on one, leap, leg, letter post, letters, license, list, local, locate, lodge, log, lose no time, lumber, magasin, mail, mail-order house, mail-order selling, mailing list, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make haste, make out, mark down, market, mart, martello, martello tower, matriculate, message-bearer, messenger, milepost, minute, mission, moonlighting, mortgage, mote, motte, move quickly, mullion, necropsy, newel, newel-post, newspaper post, note, note down, notify, nuncio, office, offshoot, opening, organ, pale, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, parcel post, park, pawn, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, peel, peel tower, peristyle, perspective, picket, pier, pigeonhole, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pillbox, placard, place, place upon record, plank, planking, pledge, plinth, plug, plunge, plunk down, plyboard, plywood, pole, poll, pony up, portico, pose, posit, position, post bills, post day, post up, postal service, postboy, poster, postmortem, postmortem examination, postrider, press on, press-agent, proclaim, program, promote, promulgate, prop, propagate, publicize, publish, puff, puncheon, push on, put, put down, put in hock, put in pawn, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, put up, pylon, queen-post, race, rath, record, reduce to writing, register, registered mail, remit, retail store, role, run, runner, rural delivery, rural free delivery, rush, rush through, safehold, salon, scamper, schedule, scoot, score, scour, scramble, scud, scurry, scuttle, sea mail, seapost, seat, second job, sell, send, send away, send forth, send off, send out, service, set, set down, shaft, shake, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, ship, shoot, shop, shore, sideboard, siding, signpost, situate, situation, skedaddle, slab, slat, snubbing post, socle, softwood, special delivery, special handling, spiel, splat, spot, spout, spurt, staff, stake, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, standing, station, status, stave, stay, stem, step on it, stick, stick of wood, stile, store, stovewood, strike a balance, strong point, stronghold, strut, stump up, subbase, submit, supermarket, support, surbase, surface mail, tabulate, take down, tally, tape, tape-record, task, tear, telamon, tell, tenure, three-by-four, tickle the palm, timber, timbering, timberwork, tower, tower of strength, trading post, transfer, transmit, trunk, two-by-four, upright, vacancy, variety shop, variety store, venue, videotape, viewpoint, ward, warehouse, wareroom, warn, warrant, weatherboard, wholesale house, wing, wood, work, write, write down, write in, write out, write up
