post

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n

1. shaft, pier, Naut. bollard, pole, pylon; picket, stake, pale, palisade, pile; prop, brace, stay, strut, shore; pillar, column, newel, stock, support, standard, stanchion, mullion, caryatid, atlas, telamon, Archit. columna caelata, upright, baluster, banister, leg.

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2. affix, tack up, hang up; placard, publicize, advertise, announce, broadcast, make known, publish, Archaic. divulgate, report; circulate, propagate, disseminate; blaze abroad, noise abroad, trumpet, herald.

3. denounce, defame, stigmatize, brand, gibbet, asperse, cast aspersions on, malign, slander, vilify; blacklist, blackball, ostracize; disgrace, dishonor, denigrate, blacken.

4. register, record, chronicle, set down, note; enter, slate, book, enroll, list; catalogue, file.

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1. assignment, mission, duty, chore, task, errand; appointment, situation, position, station, place, seat; office, incumbency; employment, living, job, work; calling, vocation, profession, line, me'tier, trade; function, role, part.

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2. assign, appoint, position, place, situate, put; establish, fix, settle, set; locate, camp, bivouac, house, bunk.

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1. mailman, letter carrier, postman; messenger, runner, courier, Brit. express.

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2. hurry, hasten, lose no time, make haste; press on, push on, ride hard, canter, trot, gallop, lope, clap spurs to one's horse; shoot, tear, fly, outstrip the wind, wing one's way, take wing, take flight; scour, hustle, bustle, scamper, scuttle, trip, flit.