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▸ noun: A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
▸ noun: (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
▸ noun: A pole in a battery.
▸ noun: (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
▸ noun: (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
▸ noun: (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
▸ noun: (sports) A goalpost.
▸ noun: A location on a basketball court near the basket.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
▸ noun: The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
▸ verb: (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
▸ verb: To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
▸ verb: (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
▸ verb: To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
▸ verb: (transitive) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
▸ verb: (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
▸ verb: (law) To pay bail.
▸ noun: (obsolete) 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.
▸ noun: (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
▸ noun: A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
▸ noun: (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
▸ noun: (UK, Australia, New Zealand) An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
▸ noun: (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
▸ noun: A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
▸ noun: (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
▸ noun: (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
▸ verb: To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
▸ verb: To travel quickly; to hurry.
▸ verb: (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
▸ verb: (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
▸ verb: (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
▸ adverb: With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
▸ adverb: Sent via the postal service.
▸ noun: An assigned station; a guard post.
▸ noun: An appointed position in an organization, job.
▸ verb: To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
▸ verb: To assign to a station; to set; to place.
▸ noun: (film, informal) Post-production.
▸ noun: (medicine, informal) A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
▸ noun: (newspapers) A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, such as The Washington Post or the New York Post.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A village in Iran.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, named after Walter H. Post.
▸ noun: A city, the county seat of Garza County, Texas, named after C. W. Post.
▸ noun: (computing) Acronym of power-on self-test.
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