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send⋅er

[sen-der]
–noun
1. a person or thing that sends.
2. a transmitter of electric pulses, as in telegraphy.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME; send 1 , -er 1
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send 1   (sěnd)   
v.   sent (sěnt), send·ing, sends

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to be conveyed by an intermediary to a destination: send goods by plane.

  2. To dispatch, as by a communications medium: send a message by radio.

    1. To direct to go on a mission: sent troops into the Middle East.

    2. To require or enable to go: sent her children to college.

    3. To direct (a person) to a source of information; refer: sent the student to the reference section of the library.

    4. To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue: a stove that sends forth great warmth.

    5. To utter or otherwise emit (sound): sent forth a cry of pain.

    6. To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.

    7. Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.

    1. To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue: a stove that sends forth great warmth.

    2. To utter or otherwise emit (sound): sent forth a cry of pain.

    3. To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.

    4. Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.

  3. 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.

  4. To cause to take place or occur: We will meet whatever vicissitudes fate may send.

    1. To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.

    2. Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.

v.   intr.
  1. To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message: Let's send out for hamburgers.

  2. To dispatch a request or order, especially by mail: send away for a new catalogue.

  3. To transmit a message or messages: The radio operator was still sending when the ship went down.

  4. To cause to arrive or to be delivered to the recipient: Let's send in a letter of protest.

  5. Sports To put (a player) into or back into a game or contest: The coach is sending in the kicker.

  6. 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.

  7. To send to jail: was sent up for 20 years.

  8. 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 forTo request to come by means of a message or messenger; summon.
send in
  1. To cause to arrive or to be delivered to the recipient: Let's send in a letter of protest.

  2. Sports To put (a player) into or back into a game or contest: The coach is sending in the kicker.

  3. 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 offSports To eject (a player), as from a soccer game, especially for a flagrant violation of the rules.
send up Informal
  1. To send to jail: was sent up for 20 years.

  2. 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 packingTo 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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