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

  • (..) He doesn't exist, except on paper. You can't just make a person up. Sure you can, if you know how the system works. It's amazing what you can accomplish by mail. Mr. Stevens has a birth certificate... ...driver's license, Social Security. You're shitting me. If they trace any accounts, (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption
  • (..) A letter a week. -They can't ignore me forever. -Sure can. But you write your letters if it makes you happy. I'll even mail them for you. How's that? So Andy started writing a letter a week... ...just like he said. And like Norton said... (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption