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mail1      [meyl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the 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.Also, mails. the system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.; postal system: to buy clothes by mail.
4.a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter.
5.electronic mail; e-mail.
–adjective
6.of or pertaining to mail.
–verb (used with object)
7.to send by mail; place in a post office or mailbox for transmission.
8.to transmit by electronic mail.
—Idiom
9.copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to monitor or listen to a CB transmission.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME male (n.) < OF malle < Gmc; cf. OHG mal(a)ha satchel, bag]
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mail2      [meyl] Pronunciation Key
–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 esp. on the harness cords of a Jacquard loom.
–verb (used with object)
4.to clothe or arm with mail.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME maille one of the rings of which armor was composed < OF < L macula spot, one of the interstices in a net; cf. macula]

—Related forms
mailless, adjective
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mail3      [meyl] Pronunciation Key
–noun Scot.
monetary payment or tribute, esp. rent or tax.
Also, maill.

[Origin: bef. 1150; ME (north) mal(e), late OE māl agreement < ON māl agreement, speech, c. OE mǣl speech]
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mail 1       (māl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system.
    2. Postal material for a specific person or organization.
    3. Material processed for distribution from a post office at a specified time: the morning mail.
  2. A system by which letters, packages, and other postal materials are transported. Used in the plural with the.
  3. A vehicle by which mail is transported.
  4. Mail or messages sent electronically; e-mail.

v.   mailed, mail·ing, mails

v.   tr.
To send by mail.

v.   intr.
To send letters and other postal material by mail.


[Middle English male, bag, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

mail'a·ble adj., mail'a·bil'i·ty n.
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mail 2       (māl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Flexible armor composed of small overlapping metal rings, loops of chain, or scales.
  2. The protective covering of certain animals, as the shell of a turtle.

tr.v.   mailed, mail·ing, mails
To cover or armor with mail.


[Middle English, from Old French maile, from Latin macula, blemish, mesh.]

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mail 3       (māl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Scots
Rent, payment, or tribute.


[Middle English mol, maile, from Old Norse māl, lawsuit.]

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mail

noun
1. the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service 
2. the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail 'the post'" 
3. a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system 
4. any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post" 
5. (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings [syn: chain mail] 

verb
1. send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow" 
2. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" 

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mail  (1)
"post, letters," c.1205, "a traveling bag," from O.Fr. male "wallet, bag," from Frank. *malha, from P.Gmc. *malho- (cf. O.H.G. malaha "wallet, bag," M.Du. male "bag"), from PIE *molko- "skin, bag." Sense extension to "letters and parcels" (18c.) is via "bag full of letter" (1654) or "person or vehicle who carries postal matter" (1654). In 19c. England, mail was letters going abroad, while home dispatches were post. Sense of "personal batch of letters" is from 1844, originally Amer.Eng. Mailman is from 1881; mail-order is from 1875. The verb is 1828, Amer.Eng. E-mail is from 1982, shortened from electronic mail (1977); this led to the contemptuous application of snail mail (1983) to the old system.

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mail  (2)
"metal ring armor," c.1320, from O.Fr. maille "link of mail, mesh of net," from L. macula "mesh in a net," originally "spot, blemish," on notion that the gaps in a net or mesh looked like spots.

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mail messaging
1. electronic mail.
2. The Berkeley Unix program for composing and reading electronic mail. It normally uses sendmail to handle delivery.
Unix manual page: mail(1)
(1997-12-03)

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source
mail [meil] noun
letters, parcels etc by post
Example: His secretary opens his mail.
Arabic: بَريد
Chinese (Simplified): 邮件
Chinese (Traditional): 郵件
Czech: pošta
Danish: post
Dutch: post
Estonian: post
Finnish: posti
French: courrier
German: die Post
Greek: ταχυδρομείο, αλληλογραφία
Hungarian: posta
Icelandic: póstur
Indonesian: surat pos
Italian: posta
Japanese: 郵便
Korean: 우편물
Latvian: pasts; korespondence
Lithuanian: paštas, korespondencija
Norwegian: (brev-, *pakke) post
Polish: poczta
Portuguese (Brazil): correio, correspondência
Portuguese (Portugal): correio
Romanian: poştă; cores­pon­denţă
Russian: почта
Slovak: pošta
Slovenian: pošta
Spanish: correo, cartas, correspondencia
Swedish: post
Turkish: posta
mail [meil] verb
to send by post
Arabic: يُرْسِل بالبَريد
Chinese (Simplified): 邮寄
Chinese (Traditional): 郵寄
Czech: poslat poštou
Danish: sende; poste
Dutch: postzak
Estonian: postiga saatma
Finnish: postittaa
French: poster
German: mit der Post schicken
Hungarian: postára ad
Icelandic: póstleggja
Indonesian: mengeposkan
Italian: spedire per posta*
Japanese: 郵送する
Korean: 우송하다
Latvian: sūtīt pa pastu
Lithuanian: siųsti paštu
Norwegian: sende i posten, poste
Polish: przesłać pocztą, wysłać
Portuguese (Brazil): enviar pelo correio
Portuguese (Portugal): enviar
Romanian: a trimite prin poştă
Russian: посылать по почте
Slovak: poslať poštou
Slovenian: poslati po pošti
Spanish: enviar, *mandar por correo
Swedish: posta
Turkish: postalamak
See also: mailbag, mailbox, mailman

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