Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
sending - 5 dictionary results

send

1[send] verb, sent, send⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. 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.
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.
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


send⋅a⋅ble, adjective


2. transmit, dispatch, forward. 4. cast, hurl, fling, project.


1. receive.

send

2[send] verb (used without object), sent, send⋅ing, noun Nautical

scend

[send] Nautical
–verb (used without object) (of a vessel)
1. to heave in a swell.
2. to lurch forward from the motion of a heavy sea.
–noun
3. the heaving motion of a vessel.
4. the forward impulse imparted by the motion of a sea against a vessel.
Also, send.


Origin:
1615–25; cf. send 2 ; perh. aph. var. of ascend, descend
scend also send   (sěnd)   
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.]
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.
Search another word or see sending on Thesaurus | Reference