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mail

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Noun

  1. A bag or wallet. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
  3. The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
    • Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.
    • It should be in your mail today, unless the post office lost it!
  4. The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
    • It should be in your mail today, unless the post office lost it!
  5. A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
  6. The postal service or system in general.
    • He decided to send his declaration by mail.
  7. Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
    • Yahoo Mail has been providing mail service since 1997.
  8. Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail).
    • You've got mail [old audio clip announcing new email in the 1990s-2000s]
  9. An email message.
    • Please look through those mails and confirm whether you received the one about scheduling.
  10. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

Verb

  1. To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
  2. To send by electronic mail.
    • Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.
  3. To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
    • I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.

Noun

  1. Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.
  2. Armour consisting of small plates linked together.
  3. A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
  4. Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
  5. A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.

Verb

  1. To arm with mail.
  2. To pinion.

Noun

  1. An old French coin worth half a denier.
  2. A monetary payment or tribute.
  3. Rent.
  4. Tax.

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