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send verb [ sɛnd ]

• cause to go or be taken to a particular destination; arrange for the delivery of, especially by post.
• "we sent a reminder letter but received no reply"
Similar: dispatch, mail, put in the mail, address, get off, convey, consign, direct, forward, redirect, send on, remit, airmail, post, put in the post, transmit, communicate, telephone, phone, broadcast, televise, telecast, radio, fax, email, upload, ISDN, FTP, telegraph, wire, cable,
Opposite: receive,
• cause to be in a specified state.
• "while driving in London I was sent crazy by roadworks"
Similar: make, drive, cause to be/become,
Origin: Old English sendan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden .

send noun

• variant spelling of scend (noun).

send verb

• variant spelling of scend (verb).

scend noun

• the push or surge created by a wave.

scend verb

• (of a vessel) pitch or surge up in a heavy sea.
• "she scended forward, heavily and sickly, on the long swell"
Origin: late 15th century (as a verb): alteration of send1 or descend. The noun dates from the early 18th century.

send someone flying

• cause someone to be knocked violently off balance or to the ground.
"the recoil of the gun sent him flying"

send word

• send a message.
"he sent word that he was busy"

send down

• expel a student from a university.
"he was sent down from Oxford without a degree"

send for

• order or request that something be sent to one.
"send for our mail order catalogue"

send in

• submit material to be considered for a competition or possible publication.
"don't forget to send in your entries for our summer competition"

send off

• instruct someone to go.
"she sent him off to a lecturing engagement"

send off for

• order or request that something be sent to one.
"I sent off for a handy pack of cards containing useful facts"

send on

• transmit mail or luggage to a further destination or in advance of one's own arrival.
"I've got your catalogue—would you like me to send it on?"

send out

• produce, emit, or give out something.
"radar signals were sent out in powerful pulses"

send to

• arrange for someone to go to an institution and stay there for a particular purpose.
"many parents prefer to send their children to single-sex schools"

send up

• give an exaggerated imitation of someone or something in order to ridicule them.
"we used to send him up something rotten"



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