post
UK /pəʊst/ · US /poʊst/ noun, verb, adverb, preposition, proper noun
Forms posts posting posted poast
- noun A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. “ram a post into the ground”
- noun A pole erected to mark a spot. “The posts mark the boundaries of the property.”
- noun (horse-racing) The stakes that mark the beginning or end of a horse race
- noun (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
- noun (sports) A goalpost.
- noun (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- noun (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- noun (jewelry) The wire-like core of metal in an earring.
- verb (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review. “Post no bills.”
- verb (transitive, by extension) To announce publicly; to publish. “The company posted record profits this quarter.”
- verb To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation. “to post someone for cowardice”
- verb (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- verb To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- verb (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind). “Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.”
- verb (law) To pay bail. “to post bail”
- noun (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.
- noun (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route. “a stage or railway post”
- noun A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- noun (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- noun An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. “I sent a parcel via/by post.”
Synonyms
mail after particularly used with historical dating station military post position berth office spot billet place situation Wiley Post Emily Post Emily Price Post C. W. Post Charles William Post stake mail service postal service send carry put up brand
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English post, from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Old French post (“post, upright beam”), both from Latin postis (“door, post, doorpost”).
Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).
Probably from French poste.
Clipping of post-production.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
- noun 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.
- noun The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt. [Obs.]
- noun The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) 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.
Etymology [F. aposter to place in a post or position, generally for a bad purpose.]
Etymology [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See Position, and cf. 4th Post.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “post”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details