mailed

[meyld]

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see mail2, -ed3

un·mailed, adjective
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mail

1 [meyl]
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.
9.
copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to monitor or listen to a CB transmission.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English male (noun) < Old French malle < Germanic; compare Old High German mal(a)ha satchel, bag

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Mailed is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

mail

2 [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)
4.
to clothe or arm with mail.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English maille one of the rings of which armor was composed < Old French < Latin macula spot, one of the interstices in a net; cf. macula

mail·less, adjective
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mail1 (meɪl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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
 
vb
7.  chiefly (US), (Canadian) Usual Brit word: post to send by mail
8.  to contact (a person) by electronic mail
9.  to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail
 
[C13: from Old French male bag, probably from Old High German malha wallet]
 
'mailable1
 
adj
 
maila'bility1
 
n

mail2 (meɪl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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
 
vb
3.  (tr) to clothe or arm with mail
 
[C14: from Old French maille mesh, from Latin macula spot]
 
'mail-less2
 
adj

mail3 (meɪl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
archaic chiefly (Scot) a monetary payment, esp of rent or taxes
 
[Old English māl terms, from Old Norse māl agreement]

mail4 (meɪl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
informal (Austral) a rumour or report, esp a racing tip

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mail
"post, letters," c.1200, "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" (1650s) or "person or vehicle
who carries postal matter" (1650s). The verb is 1828, Amer.Eng. 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. Related: Mailable.

mail
"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 definition


  1. n.
    money. : The bills are due. I need some mail.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Any size gift can be made online, and you will receive an email confirmation as
  well as a mailed receipt.
Presumably you people have already mailed him a truckload.
It draws on this account to clear the cheques mailed to taxpayers.
At one point, he mailed in a piece of bloodied shirt to prove he was who he
  claimed to be.
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