1. A long piece of wood or other material set upright into the ground to serve as a marker or support.
2. A similar vertical support or structure, as:
3. A support for a beam in the framework of a building.
4. A terminal of a battery.
5. sports A goal post.
6. the starting point at a racetrack.
7. the slender barlike part of a stud earring that passes through the ear and is secured at the back with a small cap or clip.
8. an electronic message sent to a newsgroup: ignored several inflammatory posts.
9. to display (an announcement) in a place of public view.
10. to cover (a wall, for example) with posters.
11. to announce by or as if by posters: post banns.
12. computer science to send (an electronic message) to a newsgroup: posted a response to a question about car engines.
13. to put up signs on (property) warning against trespassing.
14. to denounce publicly: post a man as a thief.
15. to publish (a name) on a list.
16. games to gain (points or a point) in a game or contest; score.
17. A military base.
18. the grounds and buildings of a military base.
19. A local organization of military veterans.
20. either of two bugle calls in the british army, sounded in the evening as a signal to retire to quarters.
21. an assigned position or station, as of a guard or sentry.
22. basketball A position usually taken by the center, near either the basket or the foul line, serving as the focus of the team's offense.
23. A position of employment, especially an appointed public office.
24. A place to which someone is assigned for duty.
25. A trading post.
26. to assign to a specific position or station: post a sentry at the gate.
27. to appoint to a naval or military command.
28. to put forward; present: post bail.
29. A delivery of mail.
30. the mail delivered.
31. chiefly british A governmental system for transporting and delivering the mail.
32. chiefly british A post office.
33. archaic one of a series of relay stations along a fixed route, furnishing fresh riders and horses for the delivery of mail on horseback.
34. obsolete A rider on such a mail route; a courier.
35. to mail (a letter or package).
36. to send by mail in a system of relays on horseback.
37. to inform of the latest news: keep us posted.
38. to transfer (an item) to a ledger in bookkeeping.
39. to make the necessary entries in (a ledger).
40. computer science to enter (a unit of information) on a record or into a section of storage.
41. to travel in stages or relays.
42. to travel with speed or in haste.
43. to bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait.
44. by mail.
45. with great speed; rapidly.
46. by post horse.

1. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
2. to send mail
3. to send a message to a usenet newsgroup or to a mailing list; to save a message on a blog.
4. to send to an electronic forum.
5. with the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
6. sent via the postal service
7. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post
8. a stud; a two-by-four
9. A pole in a battery
10. A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to strengthen the tooth
11. a prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes
12. A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches
13. goalpost
14. to hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
15. to pay (a blind)
16. an assigned station; a guard post.
17. an appointed position in an organization.
18. after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications

1. hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
2. with post horses; hence, in haste.
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
4. the doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
5. the place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
6. A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route.
7. A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
8. the piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
12. one who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
13. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument
14. A size of printing and writing paper. see the table under paper.
15. to travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
16. to rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
17. to attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard
18. to hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
19. to enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
20. to assign to a station; to set; to place.
21. to carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; ; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
22. to place in the care of the post; to mail.
23. to inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up.

1. to fix to a post; nail or otherwise fasten up in a public place, as a notice or an advertisement: as, to post a bill; to post a notice.
2. to bring before the public notice by means of a placard fastened up in some public place; placard: as, to post one for nomination; hence, to expose to reproach by overt declaration; brand; stigmatize: as, to post a man as a coward.
3. to raise to the rank of post-captain; make a post-captain of.
4. specifically, in the university of cambridge, england, to placard as rejected in a college examination.
5. to placard with handbills; fix notices upon.
6.
7. to station; place.
8. to place in the post-office; transmit by post.
9. to send or convey by or as by means of post-horses.
10. in bookkeeping, to carry (accounts or items) from the journal to the ledger; make the requisite entries in, as a ledger, for showing a true state of affairs: often followed by up.
11. to supply with information up to date; put in possession of needed intelligence; inform; communicate facts to: as, to be posted in history.
12.
13. to travel with post-horses; hence, to travel rapidly; travel with speed; hasten away.
14. in the manège, to rise and sink on the saddle in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially when trotting.
15. with post-horses; as a post; by post; hence, with speed; hastily: as, to ride post; to journey post.
16. hasty; hurried.
17. suborned; hired to do what is wrong.
18. A latin adverb and preposition, meaning ‘behind,’ ‘after,’ ‘afterward,’ ‘since,’ etc.
19. A prefix of latin origin, meaning ‘behind’ or ‘after.’
20. to order or detail.
21. in chess, to move (a piece) to a square; occupy a square with (a piece).
22. A piece of timber, metal (solid or built up), or other solid substance, of considerable size, set upright, and intended as a support to a weight or structure resting upon it, or as a firm point of attachment for something: as, the posts of a door or of a gate; a king-post, queen-post, truss-post, bed-post; iron posts supporting the floor of a building; a hitching-post, etc.
23. specifically— A piece of timber set in any position; a beam.
24. an upright piece of timber upon which proclamations were fixed; also, an upright piece of timber used for keeping a score when marked with chalk or notches.
25. A staff.
26. in violin-making. see sound-post.
27. in coal-mining: A pillar or wall of coal left to support the roof of the mine.
28. Finegrained sandstone, such as often occurs forming a part of the coal-measures.
29. the sternpost of a vessel.
30. figuratively, a prop; a support.
31. in paper manufacturing, a pile of 144 sheets of handmade paper fresh from the mold, arranged alternately with pieces of felt, ready to be placed in the screw-press; a felt-post. when the felts are removed, the pile of paper sheets is termed a white post.
32. [⟨ post, verb, 4.] the state of being posted as rejected in a college examination in the university of cambridge, england.
33. A fixed point or place; the place where some person or thing is stationed or fixed; a station or position occupied: as, a post of observation; a sentry at his post; specifically, the place where a body of troops is stationed; a military station.
34. the occupants, collectively, of a military station; a garrison.
35. hence, a subdivision of the organization of veteran soldiers and sailors called the grand army of the republic. (which see, under republic).
36. an office or employment; a position of service, trust, or emolument; an appointment; a position.
37. one of a series of fixed stations, as on a given route or line of travel.
38. one who travels through fixed stations on a given route, to carry messages, letters, papers, etc.; a postman; hence, in general, a messenger.
39. A post-horse.
40. an established system for the conveyance of letters, especially a governmental system; the mail; the transmission of all the letters conveyed for the public at one time from one place to another; also, a post-office.
41. haste; speed. compare post-haste.
42. A size of writing-paper varying in dimensions from 22 ¼ × 17 ¼ inches to 19 × 15 ¼ inches, and in weight from 25 to 7 pounds per ream: so called because its original water-mark was a postman's horn.
43. an old game of cards, in which the hands consisted of three cards, that one being the best which contained the highest pair royal, or, if none contained a pair royal, the highest pair. nares. also called post and pair, and pink.
44. see poust.
45. in a lock, a wire or cylindrical projection over which the tube of the key fits. its purpose is to interfere with or prevent the picking of the lock by a lever or wire.

1. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
2. mark or expose as infamous
3. united states manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
4. military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
5. enter on a public list
6. mark with a stake
7. publicize with, or as if with, a poster
8. affix in a public place or for public notice
9. assign to a post; put into a post
10. place so as to be noticed
11. a job in an organization
12. an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
13. any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
14. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
15. united states female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
16. united states aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
17. ride western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
18. assign to a station
19. the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
20. transfer (entries) from one account book to another
21. display, as of records in sports games
22. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
23. the delivery and collection of letters and packages