the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church"
a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party"
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
a room where a prisoner is kept
small room is which a monk or nun lives
any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb"
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
(stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post"
an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"
a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
display, as of records in sports games
mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"
put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a warning"
ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
transfer (entries) from one account book to another
assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy"