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mail

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[ meyl ]

noun

  1. letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of a postal system:

    Storms delayed delivery of the mail.

  2. a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered:

    to open one's mail; to find a bill in the mail; The mail for England was put on the noon plane.

  3. Often mails. a system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.; a postal system: Some people don't trust the mails.

    The travel brochures arrived by mail.

    Some people don't trust the mails.

  4. a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter.


adjective

  1. of or relating to mail.

verb (used with object)

  1. to send by mail, as by placing in a mailbox; transmit by a postal system.
  2. to transmit by email.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be sent by a postal system:

    Tax forms are mailing today.

  2. to transmit messages by email:

    We only mail to people who sign up on our website.

mail

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[ meyl ]

noun

  1. flexible armor of interlinked rings.
  2. any flexible armor or covering, as one having a protective exterior of scales or small plates.
  3. Textiles. an oval piece of metal pierced with a hole through which the warp ends are threaded, serving as an eyelet on a heddle or especially on the harness cords of a Jacquard loom.

verb (used with object)

  1. to clothe or arm with mail.

mail

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or maill

[ meyl ]

noun

Scot.
  1. monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.

mail

1

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. Also called (esp Brit)post letters, packages, etc, that are transported and delivered by the post office
  2. the postal system
  3. a single collection or delivery of mail
  4. a train, ship, or aircraft that carries mail
  5. short for electronic mail
  6. modifier of, involving, or used to convey mail

    a mail train

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to send by mail Usual Brit wordpost
  2. to contact (a person) by electronic mail
  3. to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mail

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a type of flexible armour consisting of riveted metal rings or links
  2. the hard protective shell of such animals as the turtle and lobster
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to clothe or arm with mail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mail

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a monetary payment, esp of rent or taxes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mail

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a rumour or report, esp a racing tip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, adjective
  • ˌˈٲ, noun
  • ˈ-, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • l adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mail1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English noun mal(l)e, mail(e), maille “bag, pouch,” from Old French mal(l)e “peddler's basket, trunk, mail coach,” from Germanic; compare Old High German mal(a)ha “satchel, bag”; verb derivative of the noun

Origin of mail2

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English maille, maill(e) “one of the rings of which armor was composed,” from Old French mail(l)e, male, from Latin macula “spot, one of the interstices in a net, a mesh”; macula

Origin of mail3

First recorded before 1150; Middle English mol(e), moul, male, late Old English “lawsuit, legal action, agreement,” from Old Norse “speech, stipulation, legal case, agreement,” cognate with Old English ǣ “speech, conversation” and æٳ “assembly, meeting”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mail1

C13: from Old French male bag, probably from Old High German malha wallet

Origin of mail2

C14: from Old French maille mesh, from Latin macula spot

Origin of mail3

Old English terms, from Old Norse agreement
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to monitor or listen to a CB transmission.
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Example Sentences

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Trump’s order also would require states to disregard mail ballots that are not received by election day.

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Depending on whether you file your taxes electronically or through the mail, it can take weeks or even months to get your refund.

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But instead of sending customers the product they purchased, prosecutors allege he would instead mail a “Certificate of Ownership,” a book or other Escobar Inc. promotional materials.

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The company, founded in San Francisco 2006, and having served 15 million individuals to-date, is one of a handful of genetic testing businesses whose customers mail in a cotton swab of their saliva.

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Gen. Rob Bonta said the federal ban was needed to enforce a ban on sending these kits through the mail.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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