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Verb: mail  meyl
  1. Send via the postal service
    "I'll mail you the check tomorrow";
    - post [Brit]
     
  2. Give to a courier to take to another place
    "I'll mail you the paper when it's written";
    - post [Brit], send
     
  3. (computing) communicate electronically on the computer
    "she e-mailed me the good news";
    - e-mail, email
Noun: mail  meyl
  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";
    - mail service, postal service, post [Brit]
     
  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";
    - post [Brit]
     
  5. (Middle Ages) flexible armour made of interlinked metal rings
    - chain mail, ring mail, chain armor [US], chain armour [Brit, Cdn], ring armor [US], ring armour [Brit, Cdn]
     
  6. (computing) a system of electronic message communication via network, esp. the Internet; a message or messages sent or received this way
    "you cannot send packages by electronic mail";
    - electronic mail, e-mail, email

Sounds like: made, mmail

Derived forms: mailed, mails, mailing

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, body armor [US], body armour [Brit, Cdn], cataphract, coat of mail, collection, communicating, communication, conveyance, electronic communication, message, send, send out, suit of armor [US], suit of armour [Brit, Cdn], telecommunicate, transfer, transport

Encyclopedia: Mail, Shetland