to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
2.
to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination: to send a letter.
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.
5.
to emit, discharge, or utter (usually fol. 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.
a.
to transmit (a signal).
b.
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)
9.
to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc.
10.
Electricity. to transmit a signal: The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies.
—Verb phrases
11.
send down, British. to expel, esp. from Oxford or Cambridge.
12.
send for, to request the coming or delivery of; summon: If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.
13.
send forth,
a.
to produce; bear; yield: plants sending forth new leaves.
b.
to dispatch out of a country as an export.
c.
to issue, as a publication: They have sent forth a report to the stockholders.
d.
to emit or discharge: The flowers sent forth a sweet odor.
14.
send in, to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination: Send in your contest entries to this station.
15.
send off, to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss: His teacher sent him off to the principal's office.
16.
send out,
a.
to distribute; issue.
b.
to send on the way; dispatch: They sent out their final shipment last week.
c.
to order delivery: We sent out for coffee.
17.
send up,
a.
to release or cause to go upward; let out.
b.
Informal. to sentence or send to prison: He was convicted and sent up for life.
c.
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.
—Idioms
18.
send packing, to dismiss curtly; send away in disgrace: The cashier was stealing, so we sent him packing.
19.
send round, to circulate or dispatch widely: Word was sent round about his illness.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME senden, OE sendan; c. G senden, Goth sandjan (causative) < Gmc base *sinth-,*santh- go, whence OE sīth journey, sand message, messenger]
scend also sendAudio Help (sěnd) Pronunciation Key
intr.v.
scend·ed also send·ed, scend·ing also send·ing, scends also sends
To heave upward on a wave or swell.
n.
The rising movement of a ship on a wave or swell.
[Probably alteration (influenced by descend or ascend) of send1.]
To cause to be conveyed by an intermediary to a destination: send goods by plane.
To dispatch, as by a communications medium: send a message by radio.
To direct to go on a mission: sent troops into the Middle East.
To require or enable to go: sent her children to college.
To direct (a person) to a source of information; refer: sent the student to the reference section of the library.
To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue: a stove that sends forth great warmth.
To utter or otherwise emit (sound): sent forth a cry of pain.
To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.
Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.
To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue: a stove that sends forth great warmth.
To utter or otherwise emit (sound): sent forth a cry of pain.
To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.
Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.
To hit so as to direct or propel with force; drive: The batter sent the ball to left field. The slap on my back sent me staggering.
To cause to take place or occur: We will meet whatever vicissitudes fate may send.
To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.
Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.
v.
intr.
To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message: Let's send out for hamburgers.
To dispatch a request or order, especially by mail: send away for a new catalogue.
To transmit a message or messages: The radio operator was still sending when the ship went down.
To cause to arrive or to be delivered to the recipient: Let's send in a letter of protest.
Sports To put (a player) into or back into a game or contest: The coach is sending in the kicker.
To cause (someone) to arrive in or become involved in a particular place or situation: The commander sent in the sappers. It's time to send in the lawyers.
To send to jail: was sent up for 20 years.
To make a parody of: "grandiloquently eccentric but witty verbiage . . . that would send up the nastiness of suburban London"(New York).
Phrasal Verb(s): send down Chiefly British
To suspend or dismiss from a university.
send for
To request to come by means of a message or messenger; summon.
send in
To cause to arrive or to be delivered to the recipient: Let's send in a letter of protest.
Sports To put (a player) into or back into a game or contest: The coach is sending in the kicker.
To cause (someone) to arrive in or become involved in a particular place or situation: The commander sent in the sappers. It's time to send in the lawyers.
send off Sports To eject (a player), as from a soccer game, especially for a flagrant violation of the rules.
send up Informal
To send to jail: was sent up for 20 years.
To make a parody of: "grandiloquently eccentric but witty verbiage . . . that would send up the nastiness of suburban London"(New York).
Idiom(s):
send flying Informal
To cause to be knocked or scattered about with force: a blow to the table that sent the dishes flying.
Idiom(s):
send packing
To dismiss (someone) abruptly.
[Middle English senden, from Old English sendan; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]
send'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to cause to go or be taken to a destination: sent the package by parcel post; dispatched a union representative to the factory; forwards the mail to their new address; routed the soldiers through New York; shipped his books to his dormitory; transmits money by cable.
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