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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb send has 8 senses
- send(v = verb.motion) direct - cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" is one way to displace, move
- send(v = verb.contact) send out - to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept" is one way to channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
- send(v = verb.communication) mail, post - cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" is one way to transfer
- send(v = verb.motion) ship, transport - transport commercially; Array is one way to displace, move
- send(v = verb.competition) place, post, station - assign to a station; Array is one way to displace, move
- send(v = verb.communication) get off, send off - transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia" is one way to transfer
- send(v = verb.possession) charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize - cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" is one way to transfer
- send(v = verb.communication) air, beam, broadcast, transmit - broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" is one way to air, bare, publicise, publicize
Derived form noun sending1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived forms noun sender1, noun sending1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived forms noun sendee1, noun sender1, noun sending1
Sample sentences:
They send the parcel to their parents
They send them the parcel
Sample sentences:
They send the parcel to their parents
They send them the parcel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derived form noun sending1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derived form noun sender2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
send, v. t. [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. sända, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. sī, Icel. sinni a walk, journey, a time. W. hynt a way, journey, OIr. st. Cf. Sense.].
- To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger. [1913 Webster]"I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran." [1913 Webster]"I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me." [1913 Webster]"Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires." [1913 Webster]
- To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message. [1913 Webster]"He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback." [1913 Webster]"O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me." [1913 Webster]
- To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. Shak. [1913 Webster]"The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke." [1913 Webster]"And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." [1913 Webster]"God send your mission may bring back peace." [1913 Webster]
send, v. i.
- To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. [1913 Webster]"See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?" [1913 Webster]
- To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts. Totten. [1913 Webster]
To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought.
send, n.
The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
send, v. (past and past part. sent)
1 tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message to headquarters; sent me a book; sends goods all over the world). b propel; cause to move (send a bullet; sent him flying). c cause to go or become (send into raptures; send to sleep). d dismiss with or without force (sent her away; sent him about his business).
2 intr. send a message or letter (he sent to warn me).
3 tr. (of God, providence, etc.) grant or bestow or inflict; bring about; cause to be (send rain; send a judgement; send her victorious!).
4 tr. sl. affect emotionally, put into ecstasy.
1 tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message to headquarters; sent me a book; sends goods all over the world). b propel; cause to move (send a bullet; sent him flying). c cause to go or become (send into raptures; send to sleep). d dismiss with or without force (sent her away; sent him about his business).
2 intr. send a message or letter (he sent to warn me).
3 tr. (of God, providence, etc.) grant or bestow or inflict; bring about; cause to be (send rain; send a judgement; send her victorious!).
4 tr. sl. affect emotionally, put into ecstasy.
Idiom
send away for send an order to a dealer for (goods). send down Brit.
1 rusticate or expel from a university.
2 sentence to imprisonment.
3 Cricket bowl (a ball or an over).
send for
1 summon.
2 order by post.
send in
1 cause to go in.
2 submit (an entry etc.) for a competition etc.
send off
1 get (a letter, parcel, etc.) dispatched.
2 attend the departure of (a person) as a sign of respect etc.
3 Sport (of a referee) order (a player) to leave the field and take no further part in the game. send-off n. a demonstration of goodwill etc. at the departure of a person, the start of a project, etc. send off for = send away for. send on transmit to a further destination or in advance of one's own arrival. send a person to Coventry see COVENTRY. send up 1 cause to go up.
2 transmit to a higher authority.
3 Brit. colloq. satirize or ridicule, esp. by mimicking.
4 US sentence to imprisonment. send-up n. Brit. colloq. a satire or parody. send word send information.
1 rusticate or expel from a university.
2 sentence to imprisonment.
3 Cricket bowl (a ball or an over).
send for
1 summon.
2 order by post.
send in
1 cause to go in.
2 submit (an entry etc.) for a competition etc.
send off
1 get (a letter, parcel, etc.) dispatched.
2 attend the departure of (a person) as a sign of respect etc.
3 Sport (of a referee) order (a player) to leave the field and take no further part in the game. send-off n. a demonstration of goodwill etc. at the departure of a person, the start of a project, etc. send off for = send away for. send on transmit to a further destination or in advance of one's own arrival. send a person to Coventry see COVENTRY. send up 1 cause to go up.
2 transmit to a higher authority.
3 Brit. colloq. satirize or ridicule, esp. by mimicking.
4 US sentence to imprisonment. send-up n. Brit. colloq. a satire or parody. send word send information.
Derivative
sendable adj. sender n.
Etymology
OE sendan f. Gmc
THESAURUS
send
address, address to, advance, air-express, airfreight, airmail, allocate, ask for, assign, be poised, beam, becharm, bewitch, billow, break, broadcast, bundle, bundle off, burlesque, call for, captivate, carry away, carry off, cart away, cast, charge, charm, comb, commission, commit, communicate, consign, convey, crash, dash, delectate, delegate, delight, deliver, delocalize, depute, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispatch, displace, disseminate, drop a letter, ebb and flow, electrify, embark, emit, enchant, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, enthuse, entrance, expedite, export, express, exude, fascinate, fax, fire, fling, float, forward, freak out, freight, get across, get over, give, give a start, give off, give word, grow, hand on, heave, hurl, imparadise, impart, imprison, incarcerate, jam, kick off, knock dead, knock out, lampoon, launch, lay aside, leave word, let fly, lift, mail, make fun of, make known, manhandle, move, newscast, order, parody, pass, pass along, pass on, peak, please, popple, post, project, propel, put aside, put in motion, radiate, radio, radiobroadcast, ravish, release, relocate, remit, remove, render, report, request, rise, rise and fall, roll, route, rush, satirize, scend, send away, send down, send for, send forth, send off, send up, send word, set afloat, set agoing, set aside, set going, set in motion, set on foot, share, share with, shift, ship, shoot, shortwave, shunt, side, sign off, sign on, signal, slay, smash, spoof, sportscast, start, start going, start off, start up, stir, summon, surge, swell, take away, take off, telecast, telegraph, televise, tell, thrill, throw, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, toss, transfer, transmit, transport, undulate, wave, wireless, wowROGET THESAURUS
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Transference
VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.Propulsion
VB propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.
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