Link Centre Dictionary

send

UK/sɛnd/ US/ˈsɛnd/ very common slang uk

verb

1.

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”
Synonyms
2.

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”
Synonyms
3.

cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

  • “send me your latest results”
  • “I”
  • “s written”
Synonyms
4.
5.
6.

transfer

  • “The spy sent the classified information off to Russia”
Synonyms
7.

cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

  • “After the second episode, she had to be committed”
  • “he was committed to prison”
Synonyms
8.

broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

  • “We cannot air this X-rated song”
Synonyms

Origin

From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye-ti (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende (“to send”), Dutch zenden (“to send”), German senden (“to send”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sende (“to send”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk senda (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.

Phrases

  • full send
  • hit send
  • send a boy to do a man's job
  • send a message
  • send a shiver down someone's spine
  • send about one's business
  • send around
  • send away
  • send away for

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

See also

Causes

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.