post
post is a 4-letter English word with 47 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, adverb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
- adjective. Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
- 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.
- noun. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- noun. The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
- noun. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
- noun. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
- noun. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
- transitive verb. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
- transitive verb. To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
- transitive verb. To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
- transitive verb. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
- transitive verb. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
- intransitive verb. To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
- intransitive verb. To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
- adverb. With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
- noun. the delivery and collection of letters and packages
"it came by the first post"
"if you hurry you'll catch the post"
- noun. a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
- noun. 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's club on the post"
- noun. 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"
- noun. 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"
- noun. 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"
- noun. any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
"your mail is on the table"
"is there any post for me?"
- noun. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
"a soldier manned the entrance post"
"a sentry station"
- noun. United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
- noun. United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
- noun. United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
- verb. publicize with, or as if with, a poster
"I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
- verb. display, as of records in sports games
- verb. mark or expose as infamous
"She was branded a loose woman"
- verb. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
"send me your latest results"
"I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
- verb. assign to a station
- verb. place so as to be noticed
"post a sign"
"post a warning at the dump"
- verb. mark with a stake
"stake out the path"
- verb. affix in a public place or for public notice
"post a warning"
- verb. ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
- verb. transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- verb. assign to a post; put into a post
"The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
- verb. enter on a public list
Synonyms
berth, billet, office, place, position, situation, spot, mail, stake, station, brand, send, carry
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in post:
Common word forms
posts, postal, posted, poster, posting, postable, postless
Words from these letters
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