post

the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

• “a soldier manned the entrance post”
• “a sentry station”

military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

• “this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby”
• “there is an officer”

a job in an organization

• “he occupied a post in the treasury”

an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position

• “he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them”

United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)

United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)

any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

• “your mail is on the table”
• “is there any post for me?”
• “she was opening her post”

a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)

• “a pair of posts marked the goal”
• “the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake”

the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

• “the mail handles billions of items every day”
• “he works for the United States mail service”
• “in England they call mail”
• “'”

the delivery and collection of letters and packages

• “it came by the first post”
• “if you hurry you”

affix in a public place or for public notice

• “post a warning”

publicize with, or as if with, a poster

• “I”

assign to a post; put into a post

• “The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu”

assign to a station

display, as of records in sports games

enter on a public list

transfer (entries) from one account book to another

ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in in rhythm with a horse''s trotting gait

mark with a stake

• “stake out the path”

put up

• “post a sign”
• “post a warning at the dump”

cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

• “send me your latest results”
• “I”
• “s written”

mark or expose as infamous

• “She was branded a loose woman”