Meaning of mail | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.
   uncountable, usually
2. An old French coin worth half a denier.
   historical
3. A bag or wallet.
   countable, regional, uncountable
4. alternative form of E-Mail (“e-mail”)
5. Armour consisting of small plates linked together.
   broadly, uncountable, usually
6. A monetary payment or tribute.
   Scotland
7. A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
   countable, uncountable
8. post office
9. To send by a postal system: mailed the letter yesterday.
10. A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
    uncountable, usually
11. Rent.
    Scotland
12. The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
    countable, uncountable
13. email
14. To send letters and other material by a postal system.
15. Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
    uncountable, usually
16. Tax.
    Scotland
17. The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
    US, uncountable
18. To cover or armor with mail.
19. A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
    obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually
20. A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
    countable, dated, uncountable
21. Rent, payment, or tribute.
22. The postal service or system in general.
    countable, uncountable
23. letters, parcels etc by post. His secretary opens his mail. pos بَريد поща correio pošta die Post post ταχυδρομείο, αλληλογραφίαcorreo, cartas, correspondencia post مرسوله پستی posti courrierדואר डाक pošta posta surat pos póstur posta 郵便 우편물 paštas, korespondencija pasts; korespondence surat postpost poczta ليك correio poştă; cores­pon­denţă почта pošta pošta pošta post จดหมาย posta 郵件 пошта ڈاک سے بھیجے جانے والے خط اور پارسل thư từ; bưu kiện 邮件
    etc
24. Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
    uncountable
25. to send by post. pos يُرْسِل بالبَريد изпращам enviar poslat poštou mit der Post schicken sende; poste ταχυδρομώ enviar/mandar por correo postiga saatma پست کردن postittaa poster לִשלוֹחַ בַּדוֹאַר डाक से भेजना poslati poštom postára ad mengeposkan póstleggja spedire per posta 郵送する 우편으로 보내다 siųsti paštu sūtīt pa pastu pos surat postzak sende i posten, poste przesłać pocztą, wysłać ليك ليږل enviar a trimite prin poştă посылать по почте poslať poštou poslati po pošti poslati poštom posta ส่งทาง...
26. Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail).
    uncountable
27. a bag for letters etc. The letters are put into mailbags and sent to London by train. possak كيس البَريد пощенски чувал mala postal poštovní pytel der Postsack postsæk ταχυδρομικός σάκος saca de correos postikott کیف مرسولات پستی postilaukku sac postal שָׂק דוֹאַר पत्र रखने का थैला poštanska torba postazsák kantung surat póstsekkur sacco postale 郵便袋 우편 가방 pašto maišas pasta soma; pasta maiss beg surat postzak postsekk worek pocztowy د ليكونو كڅوړه mala postal sac de poştă мешок для почтовой к...
    etc
28. An email message.
    India, countable, especially
29. a postbox. posbus صُنْدوق البَريد кутия caixa de correio poštovní schránka der Briefkasten postkasse γραμματοκιβώτιοbuzón postkast صندوق پست postilaatikko boîte aux lettres תֵּיבַת דוֹאַר लेटर बॉक्स poštanski pretinac postaláda kotak surat póstkassi cassetta della posta 郵便箱 우편함 pašto dėžutė pastkaste peti surat brievenbuspostkasseskrzynka pocztowa پستى صندوق marco do correio cutie poştală почтовый ящик poštová schránka poštni nabiralnik poštansko sanduče brevlåda ตู้ไปรษณีย์ posta kutusu 郵筒 п...
30. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
    countable, uncountable
31. (American) a postman. posman ساعي البَريد пощалъон carteiro listonoš der Briefträger postbud ταχυδρόμοςcartero kirjakandja پستچی postinjakaja facteur/-trice דוור डाकिया pismonoša, poštar postás tukang pos bréfberi, póstur postino, portalettere 郵便配達人 우편 집배인 paštininkas pastnieks posmen postbode postbud/-mann listonosz نامه رسونكى carteiro postaş, factor poş­tal почтальон poštár poštar poštar brevbärare บุรุษไปรษณีย์ postacı 郵差 поштар, листоноша ڈاکیہ người đưa thư 邮递员
    American
32. Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system: The volume of mail increases around the holidays.

Equivalents

Examples

“What, loo, man, see here of dyce a bale; / A brydelynge caste for that is in thy male!”

“Open the Males, yet guard the treaſure ſure. Lay out our golden wedges to the view, That their reflexions may amaze the Perſeans.”

“Meronym: mailpiece”

“Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.”

“1823, The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of the town of Liverpool and its environs, Seventh Edition, T. Kaye, page 96, The following are the hours at which the letter-box of this office is closed for making up the several mails, and the hours at which each mail is despatched: ¶ […]”

“1887, John Houston Merrill (editor), The American and English Encyclopædia of Law, Volume I, Edward Thompson, p.121, If he retains the account, and permits several mails to pass without objecting to it, he will be held to have admitted its correctness.”

“The transfer by tender of some 1,300 mail bags was effected smartly, and the "Ocean Mails Special" train was ready at 9.19 a.m.”

“It should be in your mail today, unless the post office lost it!”

“All trains stop at all stations, with the exception of a few "local" stations near Mombasa and an odd flag stop or two usually missed by the mails.”

“On the morning after the one-day strike, October 4, one of the Type 4s on crew-training, No. D169, was appropriated to head the 3 a.m. mail to Hull, as no steam locomotive had been lit up and the usual Hull Type 3 was not available; [...].”

“As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.”

“He decided to send his declaration by mail.”

“Yahoo Mail has been providing mail service since 1997.”

“You've got mail [old audio clip announcing new email in the 1990s-2000s]”

“Please look through those mails and confirm whether you received the one about scheduling.”

““Fetch me the little private mail with the padlocks, that I recommended to your particular charge — d'ye hear?””

“The knight is laid in his mail, only the hands and face being bare.”

“"That's funny looking mail, Sire," said Eustace. "Aye, lad," said Tirian. "No Narnian dwarf smithied that. […]”

“Under the sea-girt cliffs the shining ship was readied, laden with coats of mail, swords, and gleaming war harness.”

“We […] strip the lobster of his scarlet mail.”

“There beryl, pearl, and opal pale, / And metal wrought like fishes' mail, / Buckler and corslet, axe and sword, / And shining spears were laid in hoard.”

“[T]he moorish-fly: made with the body of duskish wool; and the wings made of the blackish mail of the drake.”

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