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mailed

SayMAYLD/meɪld/

3 meanings of mailed

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of mail. Use this form for sending something by mail that already happened.

    She mailed the package on Monday morning.

    I mailed your invitation a week ago.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Covered or made with armor formed from small metal rings linked together.

    Like a shirt made of small metal rings joined together.

    The mailed soldier was hard to wound with a sword.

    Knights wore mailed shirts made of tiny iron rings.

    Similararmored

    Oppositeunarmored

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  3. 3
    adjectiverare
    Looking like the rows of small overlapping plates on a suit of armor.

    Like the rows of small plates that overlap on a knight's armor.

    The lizard's mailed back glistened in the afternoon sun.

    Her dress had a mailed surface of tiny metal plates.

    Similarscaly, scaled

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mailed is a form of mail

mail, verb: To send a letter or package using the postal system. Full entry

Forms
mailmails he/she/itmailing -ing formmailed past tense, past participle
Spelling
mail → mailed: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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Origins

Meaning 1

From the verb "mail," meaning to send by post.

Meanings 2–3

From Middle English "mayled," from "mail" (chainmail) plus "-ed."

Checked 30 Oct 2026 · 2 facts