sender

Variant of send

send definition

send (send)

transitive verb sent, sending 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

Related Forms:

send 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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