Definitions for posts
posts
post
Spelling: [pohst]
IPA: /poʊst/
Posts is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 50 anagrams from letters in posts (opsst).
Definitions for posts
noun
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a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
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Furniture. one of the principal uprights of a piece of furniture, as one supporting a chair back or forming one corner of a chest of drawers.
Compare stump (def 11).
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Papermaking. a stack of 144 sheets of handmolded paper, interleaved with felt.
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Horse Racing. a pole on a racetrack indicating the point where a race begins or ends:
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the lane of a racetrack farthest from the infield; the outside lane.
Compare pole1 (def 4).
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Digital Technology.
an online message that is submitted to a message board or electronic mailing list.
text, images, etc., that are placed on a website:
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a thin metal bar affixed to the back of an earring and designed to pass through a pierced earlobe.
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a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed:
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the station or rounds of a person on duty, as a soldier, sentry or nurse.
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a military station with permanent buildings.
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a local unit of a veterans' organization.
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trading post.
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a place in the stock exchange where a particular stock is traded.
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(in the British military services) either of two bugle calls (first post and last post) giving notice of the time to retire for the night, similar in purpose to the U.S. taps.
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the body of troops occupying a military station.
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Chiefly British.
a single dispatch or delivery of mail.
the mail itself.
the letters and packages being delivered to a single recipient.
an established mail system or service, especially under government authority.
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British. post office (def 1).
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(formerly) one of a series of stations along a route, for furnishing relays of men and horses for carrying mail, currency, etc.
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(formerly) a person who traveled express, especially over a fixed route, carrying mail, currency, etc.
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Printing. a size of printing paper or, especially in Britain, of drawing or writing paper, about 16 × 20 inches (41 × 51 cm).
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post octavo, a size of book, from about 5 × 8 inches to 5.25 × 8.25 inches (13 × 20 cm to 13.33 × 21 cm), untrimmed, in America; 5 × 8 inches (13 × 20 cm), untrimmed, in England. Abbreviation: post 8vo.
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post quarto, Chiefly British. a size of book, about 8 × 10 inches (20 × 25 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: post 4vo.
adverb
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with speed or haste; posthaste.
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by post or courier.
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with post horses.
verb (used with object)
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to affix (a notice, bulletin, etc.) to a post, wall, or the like.
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to bring to public notice by or as by a poster or bill:
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to denounce by a public notice or declaration:
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to publish the name of in a list:
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to publish the name of (a ship) as missing or lost.
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to placard (a wall, fence, etc.) with notices, bulletins, etc.:
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to put up signs on (land or other property) forbidding trespassing:
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Digital Technology.
to submit (an online message) to a message board or electronic mailing list.
to place (text, images, etc.) on a website:
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to place or station at a post.
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to provide or put up, as bail.
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to appoint to a post of command.
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Chiefly British. to place in a post office or a mailbox for transmission; mail.
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Bookkeeping.
to transfer (an entry or item), as from the journal to the ledger.
to enter (an item) in due place and form.
to make all the requisite entries in (the ledger, etc.).
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to supply with up-to-date information; inform:
verb (used without object)
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Digital Technology.
to submit an online message to a message board or electronic mailing list.
to place text, images, etc., on a website.
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Manège. to rise from and descend to the saddle in accordance with the rhythm of a horse at a trot.
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to travel with speed; go or pass rapidly; hasten.
Origin of posts
before 1000; Middle English, Old English Latin postis a post, doorpost, whence also Dutch, Low German post, German Pfosten
Examples for posts
Away he posted directly to an attorney's who was empowered to dispose of the land.
It was only yesterday I posted a letter to you for Mr. Kellogg, sir, and the address was Omaha.
Channing, you told me, yesterday, that you posted that letter for Ventnor on Friday.
“James Woods has a reputation in the business of not mincing words,” Breitbart posted in September 2013.
Crain posted a cash bond of $102.50 apiece shortly before 1:30 P.M., and they returned to the Castle Hotel.
I'll tell her you've gone to England, and I'll send the letter to London to be posted.
On Dec. 16, Brice posted the black banner of ISIS on his Facebook page.
Security guards have also been posted to add some muscle (but this has done little to deter vandals in past years).
He posted on Facebook about wanting to do something “right” and meaningful.
Keep me posted, please, as to your success in making their acquaintance.