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send¹ Definition

send (send)

transitive verb sent, send′·ing

    1. to cause to go or be carried; dispatch, convey, or transmit
    2. to dispatch, convey, or transmit (a letter, message, etc.) by mail, radio, etc.
  2. to ask, direct, or command to go send the boy home
  3. to arrange for the going of; enable to go or attend to send one's son to college
  4. to cause or force to move, as by releasing, hitting, discharging, throwing, etc. he sent the ball over the fence
  5. to bring or drive into some state or condition sent him to his ruin
  6. to cause to happen, come, etc.; give a misfortune sent by the gods
  7. ☆ Slang to make very excited or exhilarated; thrill

Etymology: ME senden < OE sendan, akin to Ger senden, Goth sandjan, caus. formation, “to cause to go” < IE base *sent-, to go, find out, discover > L sentire, to feel, sense, OIr sēt, way

intransitive verb

  1. to send a message, messenger, emissary, etc. to send for help
  2. to transmit, as by radio

send¹ Related Forms
send′er noun
send¹ Idioms

send around

to put into circulation

send away

to dispatch or banish

send down

Brit. to suspend or expel from a university

send flying

  1. to dismiss or cause to depart hurriedly
  2. to stagger or repel, as with a blow
  3. to put to flight; rout
  4. to scatter abruptly in all directions

send for

  1. to ask for the arrival of; summon
  2. to place an order for; make a request for delivery of

send forth

to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.

send in

  1. to dispatch, hand in, or send to a central point or to one receiving
  2. to put (a player) into a game or contest

send off

  1. to mail or dispatch (a letter, gift, etc.)
  2. to dismiss
  3. to give a send-off to

send out

  1. to dispatch, distribute, issue, mail, etc. from a central point
  2. to send forth
  3. to send someone on an errand (for something)

send up

  1. to cause to rise, climb, or go up
  2. ☆ Informal to sentence to prison
  3. Brit., Informal to make seem ridiculous, esp. by parody
send² Definition

send (send)

noun

  1. the driving motion of a wave or the sea
  2. scend

Etymology: prob. < send, but infl. by ascend

intransitive verb

  1. to be plunged forward, as by a wave
  2. scend

send Synonyms

send

v.

  1. To dispatch

    transmit, forward, convey, advance, express, ship, mail, send forth, send out, send in, delegate, expedite, hasten, accelerate, entrain, post, address, rush off, hurry off, get under way, put under sail, give papers, provide with credentials, send out for, address to, commission, consign; see also export.

  2. To deliver

    convey, transfer, pack off, give, bestow, grant, confer, entrust, assign, impart, utter, give out; see also sense 1.

  3. To project

    propel, fling, hurl; see throw 1.

  4. To broadcast, usually electronically

    transmit, relay, wire, cable, broadcast, emit, televise, conduct, communicate; see also carry 2.

send Usage Examples

Object

  • message: The brain is used to send a message to all parts of the body at all times.
  • email: Below you will find an extremely simple piece of code which will send an email from your webpage.
  • check: You may pay by Visa, Mastercard, Maestro or Delta, or by sending a separate check for each event.
  • letter: Helen sent a letter to the US president calling on him to release Flynn.
  • copy: Send a printed copy too, double line spaced is nice.
  • mail: We may also enable SMTP AUTH, which would allow use of our mail server for sending mail via SMTP from outside DMU.

Subject

  • courier: Operational We are strictly mail order with specially designed packaging to protect your tender plants sent by overnight courier.
  • fax: Credit/debit card details can be sent by fax or telephone.

Adjective complement

  • unsolicited: Please note that we do not pass on your e-mail details to any third party nor send unsolicited e-mail.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • off: To cap off a dismal day Town's central defender, Jonathan Dyson, was sent off near the end.
  • out: FINANCE The full sets of accounts were sent out with the AGM papers.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • out: Expand by sending settlers out to create new cities.

Particle object:

  • emails: Some departments were willing to release email addresses or to send out emails to students once participation had been agreed.
  • message: A decision to rejoin the SADP would be to send out the wrong message from this aggregate, Comrade Ström argued.
  • questionnaire: The Constabulary has sent out questionnaires to every victim of racist and homophobic crime.
  • newsletter: We send out a newsletter twice a year with a program of activities.
  • signal: By wireless telegraphy she sent out signals of distress, and several liners were near enough to catch and respond to the call.

Preposition: by

  • courier: Operational We are strictly mail order with specially designed packaging to protect your tender plants sent by overnight courier.
  • fax: Credit/debit card details can be sent by fax or telephone.
  • post: Closing date for applications, which may be sent by post, email attachment or fax, is 20 June 2003.
send Quotes

As a woman I can't go towar, and I refuseto send anyone else.

—Rankin,Jeanette

We are not about to send American boys 9,000 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

—Johnson, Lyndon B(aines) also called LBJ

Then said I,Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the L of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my 102 mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard thevoiceoftheLord,saying,Whomshall Isend, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

—Bible (Old Testament)