send

¹

[ send ]

verb (used with object)

, sent, send·ing.

1. to cause, permit, or enable to go:

   to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.

   Antonyms: receive

2. to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination:

   to send a letter.

   Synonyms: forward, dispatch, transmit

3. to order, direct, compel, or force to go:

   The president sent troops to Asia.

4. to direct, propel, or deliver to a particular point, position, condition, or direction:

   to send a punch to the jaw; The punch sent the fighter reeling.

   Synonyms: project, fling, hurl, cast

5. to emit, discharge, or utter (usually followed by off, out, or through ):

   The lion sent a roar through the jungle.

6. to cause to occur or befall:

   The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village.

7. Electricity.
   1. to transmit (a signal).
   2. to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses.
8. Slang. to delight or excite:

   Frank Sinatra's records used to send her.

verb (used without object)

, sent, send·ing.

1. to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc.
2. Electricity. to transmit a signal:

   The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies.

verb phrase

1. 1. to distribute; issue.
   2. to send on the way; dispatch:

      They sent out their final shipment last week.

   3. to order delivery:

      We sent out for coffee.

2. to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination:

   Send in your contest entries to this station.

3. to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss:

   His teacher sent him off to the principal's office.

4. 1. to produce; bear; yield:

      plants sending forth new leaves.

   2. to dispatch out of a country as an export.
   3. to issue, as a publication:

      They have sent forth a report to the stockholders.

   4. to emit or discharge:

      The flowers sent forth a sweet odor.

5. to request the coming or delivery of; summon:

   If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.

6. British. to expel, especially from Oxford or Cambridge.
7. 1. to release or cause to go upward; let out.
   2. Informal. to sentence or send to prison:

      He was convicted and sent up for life.

   3. to expose the flaws or foibles of through parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, or other forms of satire:

      The new movie sends up merchants who commercialize Christmas.

send

²

[ send ]

verb (used without object)

, sent, send·ing,

1. scend.

send

¹

/ sɛnd /

verb

1. a variant spelling of scend

send

²

/ sɛnd /

verb

1. tr to cause or order (a person or thing) to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place

   to send a letter

   she sent the salesman away

2. when intr, foll byfor;when tr, takes an infinitive to dispatch a request or command (for something or to do something)

   he sent for a bottle of wine

   he sent to his son to come home

3. tr to direct or cause to go to a place or point

   his blow sent the champion to the floor

4. tr to bring to a state or condition

   this noise will send me mad

5. tr; often foll by forth, out, etc to cause to issue; emit

   his cooking sent forth a lovely smell from the kitchen

6. tr to cause to happen or come

   misery sent by fate

7. to transmit (a message) by radio, esp in the form of pulses
8. slang.
   tr to move to excitement or rapture

   this music really sends me

9. send someone about his business
   to dismiss or get rid of someone
10. send someone packing
    to dismiss or get rid of (someone) peremptorily

noun

1. another word for swash

Derived Forms

• ˈsender, noun
• ˈsendable, adjective

Other Words From

• senda·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of send¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English senden, Old English sendan; cognate with German senden, Gothic sandjan; akin to Old English sīth “journey,” sand “message, messenger”

Word History and Origins

Origin of send¹

Old English sendan; related to Old Norse senda, Gothic sandjan, Old High German senten

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. send packing, to dismiss curtly; send away in disgrace:

   The cashier was stealing, so we sent him packing.

2. send round, to circulate or dispatch widely:

   Word was sent round about his illness.

Example Sentences

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