POST

I

n.

mail

1) ( BE ) see mail I

2) ( BE ) free ~

3) ( CE ) parcel ~

4) ( BE ) by return of ~ ( AE has by return mail )

II

v. ( BE )

1) ( A ) she ~ed the book to me; or: she ~ed me the book

2) ( D ; tr. ) to ~ from; to (the letter was ~ed from London to Edinburgh) ( AE has mail II)

III

n.

station

1) a command; listening; observation; trading ~

place of duty

2) to leave; quit one's ~

3) at one's ~ (to be asleep at one's ~)

IV

v. ( esp. BE ) ( d ; tr. ) ('to station') to ~ to (she was ~ed to Bonn)

V

n.

pole

1) a starting ~ (at a horse race)

2) ( colloq. ) ( BE ) a telegraph ~

3) ( misc. ) from pillar to ~ ('from one situation to another without letup'); ( BE ) to pip at the ~ ('to overtake and defeat at the very end')