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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, 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
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.
Britishto expel, especially from Oxford or Cambridge.
to release or cause to go upward; let out.
Informalto 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
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/ ɛԻ /
verb
a variant spelling of scend
Other 51Թ Forms
- sendable adjective
- ˈԻ noun
- ˈԻ岹 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
Over the weekend, the UK government confirmed it was sending more RAF jets to the Middle East - a move the chancellor described as a "precautionary measure".
She accused the president of upending the lives of hard-working people and their families, sending people underground and fanning the flames of protest by deploying troops.
The G7 leaders, due to arrive in Canada on Sunday, know the global security and economic risks if this conflict escalates, dragging in other countries, sending oil prices soaring.
“If I didn’t send the military into Los Angeles, that city would be burning to the ground right now. We saved L.A.,” the president posted on his Truth Social account Friday.
Police Scotland agrees to send officers to Northern Ireland to provide support.
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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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