'Mail' definitions:
Definition of 'mail'
From: WordNet
noun
The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
noun
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'" [syn: mail, mail service, postal service, post]
noun
A conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
noun
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" [syn: mail, post]
noun
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings [syn: chain mail, ring mail, mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour]
verb
Send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow" [syn: mail, get off]
verb
Definition of 'Mail'
From: GCIDE
- Mail \Mail\, n. [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See Medal.]
- 1. A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. [Obs.] [Written also maile, and maille.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.] [1913 Webster]
- Mail and duties (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in whatever form paid. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mail'
From: GCIDE
- Mail \Mail\ (m[=a]l), n. A spot. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mail'
From: GCIDE
- Mail \Mail\ (m[=a]l), n. [OE. maile, maille, F. maille a ring of mail, mesh, network, a coat of mail, fr. L. macula spot, a mesh of a net. Cf. Macle, Macula, Mascle.]
- 1. A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Chain mail, Coat of mail. See under Chain, and Coat. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc. [1913 Webster]
- We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mail'
From: GCIDE
- Mail \Mail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mailing.] To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the United States to mail and to post are both in common use; as, to mail or post a letter. In England post is the commoner usage. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mail'
From: GCIDE
- Mail \Mail\, v. t.
- 1. To arm with mail. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pinion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mail'
From: GCIDE
- Mail \Mail\ (m[=a]l), n. [OE. male bag, OF. male, F. malle bag, trunk, mail, OHG. malaha, malha, wallet; akin to D. maal, male; cf. Gael. & Ir. mala, Gr. molgo`s hide, skin.]
- 1. A bag; a wallet. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The bag or bags with the letters, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter. [1913 Webster]
- There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried. [Obs.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Mail catcher, an iron rod, or other contrivance, attached to a railroad car for catching a mail bag while the train is in motion.
- Mail guard, an officer whose duty it is to guard the public mails. [Eng.]
- Mail train, a railroad train carrying the mail. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mail'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air-express,
- airfreight,
- airmail,
- armature,
- armor,
- armor plate,
- body armor,
- book post,
- buckler,
- bulletproof vest,
- carrier,
- carrier pigeon,
- chain armor,
- chain mail,
- chitin,
- coat of mail,
- consign,
- correspondence,
- cortex,
- covert,
- direct mail,
- direct-mail selling,
- dispatch,
- drop a letter,
- elytron,
- embark,
- episperm,
- expedite,
- export,
- express,
- feather,
- feathers,
- forward,
- fourth-class mail,
- frank,
- freight,
- habergeon,
- hackle,
- halfpenny post,
- harness,
- hauberk,
- homer,
- homing pigeon,
- junk mail,
- letter post,
- letters,
- lorica,
- lorication,
- mail car,
- mail coach,
- mail packet,
- mail train,
- mail truck,
- mail-order selling,
- mailer,
- mailing list,
- mailplane,
- needles,
- newspaper post,
- packet boat,
- panoply,
- parcel post,
- pericarp,
- pigeon post,
- plate,
- plate armor,
- plumage,
- post,
- post boat,
- post car,
- post coach,
- post day,
- post-horse,
- post-office car,
- poster,
- PP,
- protective covering,
- railway mail car,
- RD,
- registered mail,
- remit,
- RFD,
- rural delivery,
- rural free delivery,
- scute,
- scutum,
- sea mail,
- seapost,
- send,
- send away,
- send forth,
- send off,
- shell,
- shield,
- ship,
- special delivery,
- special handling,
- speculum,
- spines,
- suit of armor,
- surface mail,
- test,
- testa,
- thick skin,
- transmit
Words containing 'Mail'
- Mailed,
- Mailing,
- mail out,
- maile,
- Chain mail,
- Coat of mail,
- Electronic mail,
- Ground mail,
- Mail and duties,
- Mail catcher,
- Mail guard,
- Mail train,
- Ring mail,
- air mail,
- bulk mail,
- dead mail,
- direct mail,
- express mail,
- fan mail,
- hate mail,
- junk mail,
- mail bag,
- mail boat,
- mail call,
- mail car,
- mail carrier,
- mail clerk,
- mail coach,
- mail coat of,
- mail fraud,
- mail order,
- mail pouch,
- mail service,
- mail slot,
- mailing address,
- mailing list,
- registered mail,
- snail mail,
- surface mail,
- voice mail,
- E-mail,
- E-mailed,
- E-mailing,
- Mail-shell,
- Sea-mail,
- express-mail,
- mail order house,
- mail-cheeked,
- mail-clad,
- mail-order,
- mailing-card,
- pail-mail,
- 1st-class mail,
- coat-of-mail shell,
- first-class mail,
- junk e-mail,
- mail-order buying,
- third-class mail