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mailed

/meɪld/

mailed is the simple past and past participle of mail.

Adjective

mailed (comparative more mailed, superlative most mailed)

  1. Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
    • [I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day.1843, Charles Knight, London, volumes 5-6, page 38
  2. (rare) Resembling the scales of armor.
    • […] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.1888, Frederick Albion Ober, A Boy's Adventures in the West Indies, page 169

Meaning of mail

Verb (1)

mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)

  1. (ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
    Synonyms:
    post
  2. (ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
    • Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.
  3. (transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
    • I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.

Verb (2)

mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)

  1. (transitive) To arm with mail.
  2. (transitive) To pinion.

See all 24 meanings of mail

Forms of mailed

comparativemore mailed
superlativemost mailed

Origin of mailed

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.

Words formed from mailed

Phrases with mailed

Words that rhyme with mailed

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about mailed

What does mailed mean?
Mailed means armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
What is mailed the simple past and past participle of?
Mailed is the simple past and past participle of mail.
What part of speech is mailed?
Mailed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mailed?
Mailed is pronounced /meɪld/.

Words near mailed in the dictionary

  1. mailcoat
  2. mailcoats
  3. maildrop
  4. maildrops
  5. maile
  6. mailed
  7. mailed catfish
  8. mailed fist
  9. mailed fists
  10. mailed it in
  11. mailed-in

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mailed (page history and authors); mail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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