1.  mail(n = noun.communication) - the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service;
is a kind of message
has parts: letter, missive
has particulars: 1st-class mail, 1st class, first-class mail, first class, express, express mail, parcel post, bulk mail, third-class mail, third class, airmail, air mail, surface mail, registered mail, registered post, special delivery
Derived form verb mail₁

2.  mail(n = noun.communication) mail service, post, postal service - 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'"
is a kind of communicating, communication
has particulars: airmail, airpost, snail mail, rfd, rural free delivery
Derived forms verb mail₂, verb mail₁

3.  mail(n = noun.artifact) - a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system;
is a kind of conveyance, transport
Derived forms verb mail₂, verb mail₁

4.  mail(n = noun.group) post - 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"
is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
has particulars: fan mail, hate mail, mailing
Derived form verb mail₁

5.  mail(n = noun.artifact) chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail - (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings;
is a kind of body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour
has particulars: brigandine, habergeon, byrnie, hauberk, gusset, voider

1.  mail(v = verb.contact) get off - send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
is one way to send, send out
Derived forms noun mail₃, noun mail₂, noun mail₁, noun mail₄, noun mailer₂, noun mailing₂, noun mailing₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody

2.  mail(v = verb.communication) post, send - cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
is one way to transfer
Derived forms noun mail₃, noun mail₂, noun mailer₂, noun mailing₂, noun mailing₁
Sample sentences: They mail the parcel to their parents; They mail them the parcel

   A spot. [1913 Webster]

1.  A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. [1913 Webster]

2.  Rent; tribute. [1913 Webster]

1.  A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.  Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering. [1913 Webster]

3.  A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage. [1913 Webster]

4.  Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc. [1913 Webster]
"We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail." [1913 Webster]

1.  To arm with mail. [1913 Webster]

2.  To pinion. [1913 Webster]

1.  A bag; a wallet. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.  The bag or bags with the letters, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter. [1913 Webster]
"There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague." [1913 Webster]

3.  That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office. [1913 Webster]

4.  A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

   To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter. [1913 Webster]
" In the United States to mail and to post are both in common use; as, to mail or post a letter. In England post is the commoner usage." [1913 Webster]

mail, n. & v.
--n.
1 a letters and parcels etc. conveyed by post. b the postal system. c one complete delivery or collection of mail. d one delivery of letters to one place, esp. to a business on one occasion.
2 a vehicle carrying mail.
3 hist. a bag of letters for conveyance by post.
--v.tr. esp. US send (a letter etc.) by post.

Idiom:
mail-boat a boat carrying mail. mail carrier US a postman or postwoman. mail cart Brit. hist.
1 a cart for carrying mail by road.
2 a light vehicle for carrying children. mail coach a railway coach or hist. stagecoach used for carrying mail. mail drop US a receptacle for mail. mailing list a list of people to whom advertising matter, information, etc., is to be posted. mail order an order for goods sent by post. mail-order firm a firm doing business by post. mail train a train carrying mail.

mail, n. & v.
--n.
1 armour made of rings, chains, or plates, joined together flexibly.
2 the protective shell, scales, etc., of an animal.
--v.tr. clothe with or as if with mail.

Idiom:
coat of mail a jacket covered with mail or composed of mail. mailed fist physical force.

Derivative:
mailed adj.

Etymology:
ME f. OF maille f. L macula spot, mesh

N  defense, protection, guard, ward, shielding, propugnation, preservation, guardianship, area defense, site defense, self-defense, self-preservation, resistance, safeguard, balistraria, bunker, screen, camouflage, fortification, munition, muniment, trench, foxhole, bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment, kila, dike, dyke, parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment, earth work, field- work, fence, wall dead wall, contravallation, paling, palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar, barrier, barricade, boom, portcullis, chevaux de frise, abatis, abattis, abbatis, vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp, escarp, counter-scarp, glacis, casemate, vallation, vanfos, buttress, abutment, shore, breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin, vauntmure, advance work, horn work, outwork, barbacan, barbican, redoubt, fort-elage, fort-alice, lines, loophole, machicolation, sally port, hold, stronghold, fastness, asylum, keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle, tower of strength, tower of strength, fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath, wooden walls, bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako, bearskin, panoply, truncheon, garrison, picket, piquet, defender, protector, guardian, bodyguard, champion, knight-errant, Paladin, propugner, bulletproof window, hardened site, defending, defensive, mural, armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth, panoplied, iron-plated, ironclad, loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated, defended, proof against, armored, ballproof, bulletproof, hardened, defensively, on the defense, on the defensive, in defense, at bay, pro aris et focis, Int, no surrender!, defense not defiance, Dieu defend le droit, fidei defensor, defender of the faith.

VB  transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.

N  vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van, common carrier, wagon, waggon, wain, dray, cart, lorry, truck, tram, cariole, carriole, limber, tumbrel, pontoon, barrow, wheel barrow, hand barrow, perambulator, Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair, chaise, palankeen, palanquin, litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance, black Maria, conestoga wagon, conestoga wain, jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn, dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner, shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel, hobbyhorse, go-cart, cycle, bicycle, bike, two-wheeler, tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle, equipage, turn-out, coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, caleche, britzka, araba, kibitka, berlin, sulky, desobligeant, sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse, jaunting car, outside car, dandi, doolie, dooly, munchil, palki, roller skates, skate, runabout, ski, tonjon, vettura, post chaise, diligence, stage, stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach, stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet, cab, hansom, shofle, four-wheeler, growler, droshki, drosky, dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem, shandredhan, char-a-bancs, motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan, wheels, sports car, roadster, gran turismo, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer, golf cart, electric wagon, taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab, station wagon, family car, motorcycle, motor bike, side car, van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus, truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor- trailer, road train, articulated vehicle, racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car, bob, bobsled, bobsleigh, cutter, double ripper, double runner, jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan, train, accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train, 1st class train, 2nd class train, 3rd class train, 1st class carriage, 2nd class carriage, 3rd class carriage, 1st class compartment, 2nd class compartment, 3rd class compartment, rolling stock, horse box, cattle truck, baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car, surface car, tram car, trolley car, box car, box wagon, horse car, bullet train, shinkansen, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express, luggage van, mail, mail car, mail van, shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe, spade, spaddle, loy, spud, pitchfork, post hole digger, tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller, pile driver, crane, wrecking crane.

N  messenger, envoy, emissary, legate, nuncio, internuncio, ambassador, marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman, pursuivant, parlementaire, apparitor, courier, runner, dak, estafette, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, commissionaire, errand boy, chore boy, newsboy, mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery, post, post office, letter bag, delivery service, United Parcel Service, UPS, Federal Express, Fedex, telegraph, telephone, cable, wire (electronic information transmission), carrier pigeon, (news) 532 reporter, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, penny-a-liner, special correspondent, own correspondent, spy, scout, informer.

1st-class mail, air mail, bulk mail, chain mail, coat of mail, dead mail, direct mail, electronic mail, express mail, fan mail, first-class mail, hate mail, junk mail, mail bag, mail boat, mail call, mail car, mail carrier, mail clerk, mail coach, mail fraud, mail order, mail order house, mail out, mail pouch, mail service, mail slot, mail train, registered mail, ring mail, snail mail, surface mail, third-class mail, voice mail