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post1 /pōst/ noun- A stout, stiff stake or pillar of timber or other material, usu fixed in an upright position
- An upright member of a frame, a vertical timber supporting a horizontal one (often in compounds, as in doorpost, goalpost)
- An upright pole marking the beginning or end of a race track, a starting-post or winning post
- The pin of a lock
- The shaft of an earring, the part that passes through the hole in the earlobe
- A solid thickish stratum (geology)
- A pillar of coal left in a mine as a support
- A tavern doorpost, on which a score was chalked (Shakespeare)
transitive verb- To stick up on a post, hence on a board, door, wall, hoarding, etc
- To announce, advertise or denounce by placard
- To announce the name of in a published list
- To make available online or on an Internet site
- To placard as having failed in an examination, or failed to be classed
- To announce (a ship) as overdue
- To affix a bill or notice to
ORIGIN: OE post, from L postis a doorpost, from pōnere to place postˈer noun post hole noun (archaeology) A hole sunk in the ground to take a fence post, roof support, etc Postˈ-it® or Post-it note® noun A small piece of paper on which a note may be written, the adhesive on its back allowing it to be temporarily affixed to a variety of surfaces post mill noun A windmill pivoted on a post between you and me and the (bed-, lamp-, gate-, etc) post In confidence first past the post Having reached the winning post first, having won the race (see also first-past-the-post under first) from pillar to post see under pillar sheriff's post (historical) A post at a sheriff's door (see under sheriff) |