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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:
- to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination:
to send a letter.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to emit, discharge, or utter (usually followed by off, out, or through ):
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
- 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.
- to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination:
Send in your contest entries to this station.
- to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss:
His teacher sent him off to the principal's office.
- 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.
- to request the coming or delivery of; summon:
If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.
- British. to expel, especially from Oxford or Cambridge.
- 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/ ɛԻ /
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
- when intr, foll byfor;when tr, takes an infinitive 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
- send someone about his businessto dismiss or get rid of someone
- send someone packingto dismiss or get rid of (someone) peremptorily
noun
- another word for swash
send
2/ ɛԻ /
verb
- a variant spelling of scend
Derived Forms
- ˈԻ, noun
- ˈԻ岹, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Իa· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of send1
51Թ 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:
51Թ was sent round about his illness.
Example Sentences
Hastings knocked over a penalty to send Glasgow in 17-5 up at the break.
Not sure how much money the country is saving from the policy, but I do know the message that it sends to the rest of the world can’t be worth it.
Fans also had the option to purchase a package where they could “send off” j-hope.
His friends enjoy sending him highlight reels, too.
Altman shared his anime cricketer avatar on X on Thursday, sending Indian social media users into a tizzy.
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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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