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post [n]
 
1)the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"
    Synonyms :station 
    See Also: place  base  bridgehead  lookout  outpost 
 
2)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"
    Synonyms :military_post 
    See Also: military_installation  armed_forces  fort  military_quarters  outpost 
 
3)a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
    Synonyms :berth billet office place position situation spot 
    See Also: business  base  place  locate  function  academicianship  accountantship  admiralty  ambassadorship  apostleship  apprenticeship  attorneyship  bailiffship  bishopry  cadetship  caliphate  captaincy  cardinalship  chairmanship  chancellorship  chaplaincy  chieftaincy  clerkship  commandership  comptrollership  consulship  controllership  councillorship  counsellorship  curacy  curatorship  custodianship  deanery  directorship  discipleship  editorship  eldership  emirate  fatherhood  fatherhood  foremanship  generalship  governorship  headship  headship  hot_seat  incumbency  inspectorship  instructorship  internship  judgeship  khanate  lectureship  legateship  legislatorship  librarianship  lieutenancy  magistracy  managership  manhood  marshalship  mastership  mayoralty  messiahship  moderatorship  overlordship  pastorate  peasanthood  praetorship  precentorship  preceptorship  prefecture  prelacy  premiership  presidency  primateship  principalship  priorship  proconsulate  proctorship  chair  protectorship  public_office  receivership  regency  residency  rulership  sainthood  secretaryship  senatorship  sinecure  solicitorship  speakership  stewardship  studentship  teachership  thaneship  throne  treasurership  tribuneship  viceroyship  viziership  wardenship  wardership  womanhood 
 
4)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"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: upright  bitt  carrick_bitt  corner_post  gatepost  goalpost  hitching_post  hop_pole  king_post  lamppost  maypole  newel  queen_post  rudderpost  stanchion  standard  stump  telegraph_pole  timber  whipping_post 
 
5)United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
    Synonyms :wiley_post 
    See Also: aeronaut 
 
6)United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
    Synonyms :emily_post emily_price_post 
    See Also: author 
 
7)United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
    Synonyms :c._w._post charles_william_post 
    See Also: food_manufacturer 
 
8)any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post"
    Synonyms :mail 
    See Also: accumulation  get_off  fan_mail  hate_mail  mailing 
 
9)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"
    Synonyms :stake 
    See Also: visual_signal  stake  starting_post  winning_post 
 
10)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"; "in England they call mail `the post'"
    Synonyms :mail mail_service postal_service 
    See Also: communicating  mail  get_off  airmail  snail_mail 
 
11)the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: bringing  mail 
 
post [v]
 
1)affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a warning"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: announce  affix  bill_poster  bill  placard 
 
2)publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: announce  bill_poster  bill  bill 
 
3)assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: assign  berth  bill_poster 
 
4)assign to a station
    Synonyms :base place send station 
    See Also: displace  berth  base  base  station  garrison  fort  locate 
 
5)display, as of records in sports games
    Synonyms :
    See Also: enter 
 
6)enter on a public list
    Synonyms :
    See Also: list 
 
7)transfer (entries) from one account book to another
    Synonyms :carry 
    See Also: transfer  carry  carry 
 
8)ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
    Synonyms :
    See Also: ride_horseback  horseback_riding  equitation 
 
9)mark with a stake; "stake out the path"
    Synonyms :stake 
    See Also: mark 
 
10)put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
    Synonyms :put_up 
    See Also: instal  bill 
 
11)cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
    Synonyms :mail send 
    See Also: transfer  sendee  sender  sending  mail  postage  mailing  mailer  mail  mailing  express  airmail  register  express-mail 
 
12)mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"
    Synonyms :brand 
    See Also: call  brand 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

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