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read the mail en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:CB radio slang) To listen to CB radio conversations without taking part.
    • And that's when the fun begins. You can read the mail, download the bulletins, keep up-to-date on OSCAR-13 operations, decode the numerical data and learn about the space environment, […] 1989, 73 Amateur Radio, numbers 340-351, page 20:
    • Participating in the different emergency nets is very important to some, while others prefer to monitor or "read the mail." 1994, Amateur Radio, volume 50, numbers 7-12, page 89:
    • You can “read the mail" with the U.S., you may violate local laws to transmit on amateur frequencies without a license […] 1983, Cruising World, volume 9, number 7, page 41:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see read, mail.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reads the mail Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
read the mail Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
read the mail Tense=Past lexicographic
reading the mail Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

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