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

  • (..) with Prime Dentistry. Hey, this is Phil. Leave me a message, or don't. Anything?/ I tried them all. It keeps going straight to voice mail. There has to be an explanation./ Sweety, it's Vegas. You'll lose track of time in those casinos. There's no windows, or clocks. He's probably on a heater. (..)
    2009 The Hangover
  • (..) We're gonna be okay. Everything's gonna be okay. What the fuck is going on? I have no idea. Why don't you just let that one go to voice mail? That's a fake laugh, by the way. It's got Ted Danson and Magnum P.I. and that jewish actor. Shut up, Alan. What room was it again?/ It's . (..)
    2009 The Hangover
  • (..) President Reagan was leaving the... ...five or six gunshots were fired by an unknown would-be assassin. The President was shot in the chest... I picked up the mail. And one day, out of the blue clear sky, I got a letter from Jenny wondering if I could come down to Savannah and see her, (..)
    1994 Forrest Gump