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mail

Definition

  • noun: the system used for sending letters and packages from one person to another
  • noun: material sent or carried in the postal system
  • verb: to send (something, such as a letter or package) by mail
  • verb: to send by mail
  • often used in plural
  • synonyms: payment, bag, post

Examples

  • They got a lot of 'hate mail' [=extremely angry letters, e-mail, etc.] from people who disagree with their policies.

  • Have you 'mailed' (out) the invitations yet? [=('chiefly Brit') have you posted the invitations yet?]

  • She 'mailed' me a copy of her manuscript. = She 'mailed' a copy of her manuscript to me.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Eye of rabbit.... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Turn it into rum. Actually managed\Na weak tea yesterday, before-- Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Mail's here. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Can l borrow this? Thanks. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Yours? Who'd be writing to you? Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,No more mail through this letterbox. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Have a lovely day at the office, dear. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Shoo! Go on. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone