post

1. a. Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt. Source: opted

4. n. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. Source: opted

7. n. The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. Source: opted

8. n. 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. Source: opted

9. n. 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. Source: opted

10. n. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. Source: opted

11. n. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. Source: opted

12. n. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. Source: opted

13. n. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper. Source: opted

14. v. t. 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. Source: opted

15. v. t. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice. Source: opted

16. v. t. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like. Source: opted

17. v. t. To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel. Source: opted

18. v. t. To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger. Source: opted

19. v. t. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter. Source: opted

20. v. t. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up. Source: opted

21. v. i. To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste. Source: opted

22. v. i. To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. Source: opted

23. adv. With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post. Source: opted

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