Etymology : Middle English, from Old English, from Latin postis; probably akin to Latin por- forward and to Latin stare to stand; more at PORTEND, STAND
Pronunciation : pOst
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. guard hair.
2. series of self-tests that a computer performs at startup (Computers). mail; column; opinion; role; doorpost; message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (Computers); position, job placement. assign to a position or duty, station; publicize, advertise; inform; send electronic mail to a newsgroup (Computers); send by mail; move up and down in a saddle (Equitation); travel quickly. pref. after, later, subsequent to. post\post\, a. [f. aposter to place in a post or position, generally for a bad purpose.] hired to do what is wrong; suborned. [obs.] e. sandys.post \post\, n. [as., fr. l. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. see:
position, and cf. 4th post.].
3. 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. they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the houses. xii.
4. then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore, the gates of azza, post and massy bar. unto his order he was a noble post.note: post, in the sense of an upright timber or strut, is used in composition, in such words as king-post, queen-post, crown-post, gatepost, etc.
5. the doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt. [obs.] when god sends coin i will discharge your post. rowlands.
6. coat. fur. hide. pelt. skin.
7. A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
8. Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
9. 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.
10. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
11. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
12. 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.
13. A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
14. The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
15. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
16. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
17. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
18. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
19. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
20. A size of printing and writing paper.
21. See the Table under Paper.
22. To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
23. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
24. To enter on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
25. To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
26. To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
27. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
28. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
29. To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
30. To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
31. With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
32. A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp.
33. Indians of the Koluschan stock. the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post" 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" a pole or stake set up to mark something ; "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake" the position where someone stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station" United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board" display, as of records in sports games mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump" affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a warning" ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait transfer from one account book to another assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu" enter on a public list.
34. skin, fur, coat, hide, pelt, fell. skin, hide, pelt, fur, coat. ",-tu.
35. (dressed or undressed) skin, pelt (with its hair, wool, or fur still on it).
36. (used sarcastically) post, office, position.
37. the position of sheikh in a dervish order.
38. made of a skin or pelt. post unu çykarmak /yn/.
39. to skin (an animal).
40. to beat the daylights out of (someone). post u deldirmek slang to be hit by a bullet; to be winged. post elden gitmek.
41. to be killed, be bumped off.
42. to lose one´s position or power. post kalpak sheepskin cap. post kapmak to obtain a position, get oneself promoted to a position; to do someone out of his post. post kavgasy struggle over who´s to get an official position. post u kurtarmak to save one´s skin, manage to escape death. post una saman doldurmak /yn/ to kill, fill (someone) full of lead. post u sermek.
43. (for a guest) to stay on and on with no apparent thought of leaving.
44. to hold on to one´s position as if one will never quit it. post u vermek to die, give up the ghost.".
45. pelt. skin. fell. fur. hide. mail.
46. American manufacturer of breakfast cereals and the coffee-substitute Postum. American etiquette authority. She wrote Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage (1922) and a popular syndicated newspaper column. American aviator who made the first solo flight around the world (1933). Post Charles William Post Emily post and beam system Post Impressionism post traumatic stress disorder Washington Post The.
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