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send
1[send]
verb (used with object)
to cause, permit, or enable to go.
to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
Antonyms: receiveto cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination.
to send a letter.
to order, direct, compel, or force to go.
The president sent troops to Asia.
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.
to emit, discharge, or utter (usually followed by off, out, orthrough ).
The lion sent a roar through the jungle.
to cause to occur or befall.
The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village.
Electricity.
to transmit (a signal).
to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses.
Slang., to delight or excite.
Frank Sinatra's records used to send her.
verb (used without object)
to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc.
Electricity., to transmit a signal.
The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies.
verb phrase
send out
to distribute; issue.
to send on the way; dispatch.
They sent out their final shipment last week.
to order delivery.
We sent out for coffee.
send in, to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination.
Send in your contest entries to this station.
send off, to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss.
His teacher sent him off to the principal's office.
send forth
to produce; bear; yield.
plants sending forth new leaves.
to dispatch out of a country as an export.
to issue, as a publication.
They have sent forth a report to the stockholders.
to emit or discharge.
The flowers sent forth a sweet odor.
send for, to request the coming or delivery of; summon.
If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.
send down, to expel, especially from Oxford or Cambridge.
send up
to release or cause to go upward; let out.
Informal., to sentence or send to prison.
He was convicted and sent up for life.
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)
send
1/ sɛnd /
verb
(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
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
(tr) to direct or cause to go to a place or point
his blow sent the champion to the floor
(tr) to bring to a state or condition
this noise will send me mad
(tr; often foll by forth, out, etc) to cause to issue; emit
his cooking sent forth a lovely smell from the kitchen
(tr) to cause to happen or come
misery sent by fate
to transmit (a message) by radio, esp in the form of pulses
slang, (tr) to move to excitement or rapture
this music really sends me
to dismiss or get rid of someone
to dismiss or get rid of (someone) peremptorily
noun
another word for swash
send
2/ sɛnd /
verb
a variant spelling of scend
Other Word Forms
- sender noun
- sendable adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of send1
Word History and Origins
Origin of send1
Idioms and Phrases
send packing, to dismiss curtly; send away in disgrace.
The cashier was stealing, so we sent him packing.
send round, to circulate or dispatch widely.
Word was sent round about his illness.
Example Sentences
I ask for a menu and he sends a brightly-coloured poster with a price list for THC, the chemical compound in cannabis which gets you high.
In the case of the military troop deployments, for instance, some fear a reversal on appeal could ultimately hand the president broader power to send troops to American cities.
Trade groups representing publishers praised the Anthropic settlement on Friday, noting it sends a big signal to tech companies that are developing powerful artificial intelligence tools.
The young adult rom-com follows Avery Blackwell, a rising college freshman who postpones her plans to attend Columbia after a note from her late mother sends her on a scavenger hunt in England.
The clearest emerging litmus test is opposition to sending offensive weapons, but other issues could loom large in Democratic primaries, including recognizing a Palestinian state and allowing international investigations of Israeli war crimes.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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