post
IPA: pˈoʊst
Root Word: POST
noun
- (networking) An HTTP request method used to send an arbitrary amount of data to a web server.
- 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.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- (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.
- (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.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
- (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.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- (film, informal) Post-production.
- (medicine, informal) A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
- (newspapers) A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, such as The Washington Post or the New York Post.
- A surname.
- A village in Iran
- An unincorporated community in Oregon
- A city, the county seat of Garza County, Texas.
- (computing) Acronym of power-on self-test.
verb
- (computing) To successfully perform a power-on self-test.
- (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) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
- (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
- (law) To pay bail.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
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.
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Examples of "post" in Sentences
- Belay the repeat of the post.
- The post was quite inflammatory.
- Postings to the blog are sporadic.
- Is that an honorary post or remunerated
- The post was an unremunerative sinecure.
- This post is meritless and meretricious.
- The post was misdirected to the stranger.
- The Espy Post is one of a half dozen most intact GAR posts in the country.
- These stamps only ensured delivery to the post office and not to the addressee.
- In the morning, Mr. Champion visited the town post office and held the door open for people mailing last minute gifts.