post

Meaning

1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
2. A stud; a two-by-four.
3. A pole in a battery.
4. A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
5. (chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
6. A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
7. To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
8. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
9. To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
10. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
11. To pay (a blind).
12. To put content online, usually through a publicly accessible mean, such as a video channel, gallery, message board, blog etc.
13. Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
14. A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
15. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
16. Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
17. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
18. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
19. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
20. To travel quickly; to hurry.
21. To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
22. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
23. To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
24. With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
25. Sent via the postal service.
26. An assigned station; a guard post.
27. An appointed position in an organization, job.
28. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
29. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
30. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
31. Post-production.
32. A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).

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Sources

1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data