mail at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
[meıl]
Mail at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
The another name for The Daily Mail//
mail at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
W3S3 n [U] [Sense: 1-3; Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: male 'bag']// [Sense: 4; Date: 1200-1300; Language: French; Origin: maille, from Latin macula 'spot, woven threads']//
1 the letters and packages that are delivered to you: --She's been reading my private mail.// --When he got to the office he found a mountain of mail waiting for him.// --He promised to forward my mail to my new address. (=send it from my old home or office) // --He gets sacks of fan mail . (=letters from people who admire him and are his fans) // hate mail (=letters from people saying that they hate you) //
2 especially AmE the system of collecting and delivering letters and packages: British Equivalent: post// --The mail here's really slow and unreliable.// --The product will be sold mainly through the mail.// in the mail// --I'll put the check in the mail tomorrow.// by mail// --Did you send the document by mail?// registered/express/first-class etc mail // --I sent my application by registered mail.// --Most reports are sent via internal mail (=a system of sending documents to people inside the same organization) .//
3 messages that are sent and received on a computer: email// --You should always check your incoming mail (=messages that you receive) every day.// --Please read the mail message for information on the error.//
4 armour made of small pieces of metal, worn by soldiers in the Middle Ages: voice mail// ----------// WORD FOCUS: mail // things that people send: letter, postcard, package also parcel (BrE), junk mail // ways of sending mail: first class/second class (BrE), airmail, surface mail, special delivery // the person who delivers your mail: postman/postwoman (BrE), mailman (AmE), letter carrier (AmE) // the place where you buy stamps, send letters and packages etc: post office // the place where you put letters and packages: postbox (BrE) mailbox (AmE) // the place where you receive letters and packages: letterbox (BrE) mailbox (AmE) // ----------//
mail 2 S3 v [T] especially AmE
1 to send a letter or package to someone: British Equivalent: post// mail sth to sb// --The weekly newsletter is mailed to women all over the country.//
2 to send a document to someone using a computer: email// mail sth to sb// --Can you mail it to me as an attachment?// mail out [mail sth → out] phr v// to send letters, packages etc to a lot of people at the same time// send out// --The department has just mailed out 300,000 notices.//
Mail at English => English (Answers) Of Explained:
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mail at German => English Of Explained:
Mail (C)
mail at English => English (GNU/Linux) Of Explained:
send and receive mail From whatis http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/
mail at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "mail":
PP, RD, RFD, 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, protective covering,
railway mail car, registered mail, remit, 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
mail at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[N] (Messenger): mail, letter, e-mail, post, post office, postal service, delivery service.
mail at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
noun, verb
noun
[U]
1 (BrE also post) the official system used for sending and delivering letters, packages, etc:
a mail service / train / van * the Royal Mail * Your cheque is in the mail. * We do our business by mail.
see also AIRMAIL, SNAIL MAIL, VOICEMAIL
2 (BrE also post) letters, packages, etc. that are sent and delivered:
There isn't much mail today. * I sat down to open the mail. * Is there a letter from them in the mail? * hate mail (= letters containing insults and threats)
see also JUNK MAIL, SURFACE MAIL
3 messages that are sent or received on a computer:
Check regularly for new mail.
see also ELECTRONIC MAIL, E-MAIL
4 used in the title of some newspapers:
the Mail on Sunday
5 = CHAIN MAIL:
a coat of mail -> POST
verb ~ sth (to sb/sth) | ~ (sb) sth (especially AmE) to send sth to sb using the POSTAL system: [VN, VNN] Don't forget to mail that letter to your mother. * Don't forget to mail your mother that letter. * [VN] The company intends to mail 50 000 households in the area. -> POST
PHRASAL VERBS
mail sth<->out to send out a large number of letters, etc. at the same time:
The brochures were mailed out last week.
MAIL at English => English (Bouviers Law) Of Explained:
MAIL. This word, derived from the French malle, a trunk, signifies the bag,
valise, or other contrivance used in conveying through the post office,
letters, packets, newspapers, pamphlets, and the like, from place to place,
under the authority of the United States. The things thus carried are also
called the mail.
2. The laws of the United States have provided for the punishment of
robberies or willful injuries to the mail; the act of March 3, 1825, 3
Story's Laws U. S. 1985, provides:
Sec. 22. That if any person shall rob any carrier of the mail of the
United States, or other person entrusted, therewith, of such mail, or of
part thereof, such offender or offenders shall, on conviction, be imprisoned
not less than five years, nor exceeding ten years; and, if convicted a
second time of a like offence, he or they shall suffer death; or if, in
effecting such robbery of the mail, the first time, the offender shall wound
the person having the custody thereof, or put his life in jeopardy, by the
use of dangerous weapons, such offender or offenders shall suffer death. And
if any person shall attempt to rob the mail of the United States, by
assaulting the person having custody thereof, shooting at him, or his horse
or mule, or, threatening him with dangerous weapons, and the robbery is not
effected, every such offender, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by
imprisonment, not less than two years, nor exceeding ten years. And, if any
person shall steal the mail, or shall steal or take from, or out of, any
mail, or from, or out of, any post office, any letter or packet; or, if any
person shall take the mail, or any letter or packet therefrom, or from any
post office, whether with or without the consent of the person having
custody thereof, and shall open, embezzle, or destroy any such; mail,
letter, or packet, the same containing any articles of value, or evidence of
any debt, due, demand, right, or claim, or any release, receipt,
acquittance, or discharge, or any other articles, paper, or thing, mentioned
and described in the twenty-first section of this act; or, if any person
shall, by fraud or deception, obtain from any person having custody thereof,
any mail, letter, or packet, containing any article of value, or evidence
thereof, or either of the writings referred to, or next above mentioned,
such offender, or offenders, on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned not
less than two, nor exceeding ten years. And if any person shall take any
letter, or packet, not containing any article of value, or. evidence
thereof, out of a post office, or shall open any letter or packet, which
shall have been in a post office, or in custody of a mail carrier, before it
shall have been delivered to the person to whom it is directed, with a
design to obstruct the correspondence, to pry into another's business or
secrets; or shall secrete, embezzle, or destroy, any such mall, letter, or
packet, such offender, upon conviction, shall pay, for every such offence, a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding
twelve months.
3.-Sec. 23. That, if any person shall rip, cut, tear, burn, or
otherwise injure, any valise, portmanteau, or other bag used, or designed to
be used, by any person acting under the authority of the postmaster general,
or any person in whom his powers are vested in a conveyance of any mail,
letter packet, or newspaper, or pamphlet, or shall draw or break any staple,
or loosen any part of any lock, chain, or strap, attached to, or belonging
to any such valise, portmanteau, or bag, with an intent to rob, or steal any
mail, letter, packet, newspaper, or pamphlet, or to render either of the
same insecure, every such offender, upon conviction, shall, for every such
offence, pay a sum, not less than one hundred dollars, nor exceeding five
hundred-dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one year, nor exceeding
three years, at the discretion of the court before whom such conviction is
had.
4.-Sec. 24. That every person who, from and after the passage of this
act, shall procure, and advise, or assist, in the doing or perpetration of
any of the acts or crimes by this act forbidden, shall be subject to the
same penalties and punishments as the persons are subject to, who shall
actually do or perpetrate any of the said acts or crimes, according, to the
provision of this act.
5.- Sec. 25. That every person who shall be imprisoned by a judgment of
court, under and by virtue of the twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third,
or, twenty-fourth sections of this act, shall be kept at hard labor during
the period of such imprisonment.
Mail at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Mail \Mail\, v. t.
1. To arm with mail.
2. To pinion. [Obs.]
Mail \Mail\, 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. ? hide, skin.]
1. A bag; a wallet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. The bag or bags with the letters, papers, 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.
There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated
Hague. --Tatler.
3. That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received
through the post office.
4. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be
carried. [Obs.] --Sir W. Scott.
{Mail bag}, a bag in which mailed matter is conveyed under
public authority.
{Mail boat}, a boat that carries the mail.
{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.
Mail \Mail\, n.
A spot. [Obs.]
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}.]
2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and
phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.]
{Mail and duties} (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in
whatever form paid.
Mail \Mail\, 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.
{Chain mail}, {Coat of mail}. See under {Chain}, and {Coat}.
2. Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
3. (Naut.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing
off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as
the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster,
etc.
We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail.
--Gay.
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.]
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.
mail at English => English (Computer) Of Explained:
mail
2. The {Berkeley Unix} program for composing and reading
{electronic mail}. It normally uses {sendmail} to handle
delivery.
{Unix manual page}: mail(1)
(1997-12-03)
mail at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
mail
v 1: send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check
tomorrow" [syn: {get off}]
2: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send
me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when
it's written" [syn: {post}, {send}]
mail
n 1: the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the
postal service
2: 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 service}, {postal
service}, {post}]
3: a conveyance that transports mail
4: 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: {post}]
5: (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
[syn: {chain mail}, {ring mail}, {chain armor}, {chain
armour}, {ring armor}, {ring armour}]
mail at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Inter: wikipedi » a
Pronunciation
* Inter: a » UK|US Inter: enPR » māl, Inter: IPA » /meɪ̯l/, Inter: X-SAMPA » /meI_^l/- Inter: audio » en-us-mail.ogg|Audio (US)
- Inter: rhymes » eɪl
- Inter: homophones » male
Etymology 1
From Inter: etyl » xno Inter: term » male|lang=xno, Inter: term » meole|lang=xno et al., Inter: etyl » fro Inter: term » male||bag, wallet|lang=fro, ultimately from Inter: etyl » gem-pro|en Inter: recons » malhō||bag, pouch|lang=gem-pro, from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|en Inter: recons » molko-||leather pouch|lang=ine-pro. Compare Dutch Inter: term » maal|lang=nl.Noun
Inter: en-noun » mails|-
Synonyms
* Inter: sense » regular deliver of letters and small parcels post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)Derived terms
Inter: rel-top4 » terms derived from mailInter: rel-mid » 4
- junk mail
- mailbag
- mail boat
- mail bomb
- mailbox
- mail call
- mail carrier
- mail fraud
Inter: rel-mid » 4
Inter: rel-mid » 4
- mail stop
- mail train
- mail truck
- mails
- snail mail
- voice mail
- vote-by-mail
- webmail
Inter: rel-botto » m
Translations
Inter: trans-top » postal delivery systemInter: trans-mi » d
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it|posta|f
- Japanese: Inter: t+ » ja|郵便|tr=ゆうびん, yūbin
- Korean: Inter: t- » ko|우편물|tr=upyeonmul|sc=Hang
- Latvian: Inter: t- » lv|pasts
- Lithuanian: Inter: t+ » lt|paštas|m
- Persian: Inter: t+ » fa|پست|tr=post|sc=fa-Arab
- Portuguese: Inter: t+ » pt|correio|m
- Romanian: Inter: t- » ro|poștă|f
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|почта|f|tr=póčta
- Slovak: Inter: t- » sk|pošta|f
- Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|correo|m
- Swedish: Inter: t+ » sv|post|c
- Urdu: Inter: t- » ur|ڈاک|f|tr=ḍāk|sc=ur-Arab
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » organisation
- Armenian: Inter: t- » hy|փոստ|tr=p'ost
- Czech: Inter: t+ » cs|pošta|f
- Danish: Inter: t- » da|postvæsenet, Inter: qualifier » qoloquial Inter: t- » da|posten
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|posti
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|poste|f
- German: Inter: t+ » de|Post|f
- Greek: Inter: t+ » el|ταχυδρομείο|n|tr=tachydromeío|sc=Grek
- Hungarian: Inter: t+ » hu|posta
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » parcels and letters
- Czech: Inter: t+ » cs|pošta|f
- Danish: Inter: t+ » da|post
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|posti
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|poste
- Georgian: Inter: t- » ka|ფოსტა|tr=p'osta|sc=Geor
- German: Inter: t+ » de|Post|f
- Greek: Inter: t+ » el|αλληλογραφία|f|tr=allilografía|sc=Grek, Inter: t+ » el|ταχυδρομείο|n|tr=tachydromeío|sc=Grek
- Interlingua: Inter: t- » ia|posta
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » electronic mail
- Danish: Inter: t+ » da|mail, Inter: t+ » da|e-mail, Inter: t- » da|e-post
- Esperanto: Inter: t- » eo|retpoŝto
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|meili|alt=meilit
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|courrier électronique, Inter: t+ » fr|courriel, Inter: t+ » fr|e-mail, Inter: t+ » fr|mail
- German: Inter: t+ » de|E-Mail|f
- Greek: Inter: t- » el|ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο|n|tr=ilektronikó tachydromeío|sc=Grek
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it|posta|f, Inter: t+ » it|posta elettronica|f, Inter: t+ » it|e-mail|f
- Latvian: Inter: t- » lv|e-pasts, Inter: qualifier » qoloquial Inter: t- » lv|mails
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: checktrans-to » p
- Inter: ttbc » sh: Inter: t- » sh|pošta|f|tr=1-4, Inter: t- » sh|poštanski
- Inter: ttbc » he: Inter: t+ » he|דואר|tr=do'ar|sc=Hebr
- Inter: ttbc » ia: Inter: qualifier » 1, 2, 4 Inter: t- » ia|posta, Inter: t- » ia|currero, Inter: qualifier » 3 Inter: t- » ia|correspondentia, Inter: qualifier » 5 Inter: t- » ia|malia
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Verb
Inter: en-ver » bSynonyms
* Inter: sense » send through the mail postDerived terms
* mailerTranslations
Inter: trans-top » to send via the postInter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Etymology 2
From Inter: etyl » enm Inter: term » maille||mail armor|lang=enm, from Inter: etyl » fro Inter: term » maille||loop, stich|lang=fro, from Inter: etyl » la Inter: term » macula||blemish, mesh|lang=la, probably from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|en Inter: recons » smh₁-tleh₂|lang=ine-pro, from Inter: recons » smeh₁-||smear, rub|lang=ine-pro.Noun
Category: Image - :Baidana rings.JPG|thumb|right|MailInter: en-noun » -
Derived terms
* chain mailTranslations
Inter: trans-top » armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked togetherInter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Etymology 3
Inter: etyl » enm Inter: term » mal|lang=enm, Inter: term » male|lang=enm from Inter: etyl » ang Inter: term » mal|māl|speech, contract, agreement|lang=ang from Inter: etyl » non Inter: term » mál||agreement, speech, lawsuit|lang=non. Akin to Inter: etyl » ang|- Inter: term » mæl||mǣl|speech|lang=ang.Alternative forms
* maillNoun
Inter: en-nou » nAnagrams
* alim, Liam, Lima, MaliCategory: Category:en:Armor -
Category: Category:en:Post -
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|dlm Inter: term » milium|lang=la.Noun
Inter: head » dlm|noun|g=mDutch
Pronunciation
* Inter: rhymes » eːl|lang=nlVerb
Inter: head » nlFiji Hindi
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » en|hif Inter: term » mile||imperial measure of distance|lang=en.Pronunciation
* Inter: IPA » /maɪl/|lang=hifNoun
Inter: head » hif|nounReferences
* Fiji Hindi DictionaryFrench
Pronunciation
* Inter: IPA » /maj/|lang=frEtymology 1
From Inter: etyl » la|fr Inter: term » malleus|lang=la||hammer.Noun
Inter: fr-noun » mEtymology 2
From Inter: etyl » en|fr Inter: term » email|lang=enNoun
Inter: fr-noun » mSynonyms
* courrielAnagrams
* limaItalian
Etymology
Inter: etyl » en|itNoun
Inter: head » it|noun|g=f Inter: in » vAnagrams
* almiRomansch
Alternative forms
* Inter: qualifier » Sursilvan|Surmiran Inter: l » rm|meil- Inter: qualifier » Sutsilvan Inter: l » rm|mel
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|rm Inter: term » malum|mālum|lang=la. Compare Romanian Inter: term » măr|lang=ro.Noun
Inter: rm-noun » m
Synonyms
* Inter: qualifier » Puter Inter: l » rm|pomCategory: Category:rm:Fruits -
Translation: cs » mail
Translation: da » mail
Translation: de » mail
Translation: et » mail
Translation: el » mail
Translation: es » mail
Translation: eo » mail
Translation: fa » mail
Translation: fr » mail
Translation: gl » mail
Translation: ko » mail
Translation: io » mail
Translation: it » mail
Translation: jv » mail
Translation: kn » mail
Translation: kk » mail
Translation: ku » mail
Translation: lo » mail
Translation: lt » mail
Translation: li » mail
Translation: hu » mail
Translation: mk » mail
Translation: mg » mail
Translation: my » mail
Translation: nl » mail
Translation: ja » mail
Translation: pl » mail
Translation: pt » mail
Translation: ru » mail
Translation: sm » mail
Category: simple:mail -
Translation: fi » mail
Translation: sv » mail
Translation: ta » mail
Translation: te » mail
Translation: tg » mail
Translation: tr » mail
Translation: vi » mail
Translation: vo » mail
Translation: zh » mail
màil at English (WD) Of Explained:
==Scottish Gaelic==