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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

  • (..) - Six dwarves against an army. I like them odds. We must ride now, * will be open. So, you're back from the dead and instigating the masses. You look very fitting in mail. Ride! We move as one. After you. Go. Go. Sorry. (..)
    2012 Snow White and the Huntsman