Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to be conveyed by an intermediary to a destination.
- intransitive verb To dispatch, as by a communications medium.
- intransitive verb To direct to go on a mission.
- intransitive verb To require or enable to go.
- intransitive verb To direct (a person) to a source of information; refer.
- intransitive verb To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue.
- intransitive verb To utter or otherwise emit (sound).
- intransitive verb To hit so as to direct or propel with force; drive.
- intransitive verb To cause to take place or occur.
- intransitive verb To put or drive into a given state or condition.
- intransitive verb Slang To transport with delight; carry away.
- intransitive verb To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message.
- intransitive verb To dispatch a request or order, especially by mail.
- intransitive verb To transmit a message or messages.
- idiom (send flying) To cause to be knocked or scattered about with force.
- idiom (send packing) To dismiss (someone) abruptly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which is or has been sent; a missive or message.
- noun A messenger; specifically, in some parts of Scotland, one of the messengers sent for the bride at a wedding.
- noun That which is given, bestowed, or awarded; a gift; a present.
- noun The impulse of a wave or waves by which a ship is carried bodily.
- noun Same as
scend . - To cause to go or pass from one place to another; despatch: as, to
send a messenger. - To procure the going, carrying, transmission, etc., of; cause to be conveyed or transmitted; forward: as, to
send one's compliments or a present; to send tidings. - To impel; propel; throw; cast; hurl: as, a gun that sends a ball 2,000 yards.
- To direct to go and act; appoint; authorize.
- To cause to come; dispense; deal out; bestow; inflict.
- To cause to be; grant.
- To turn; drive.
- To cause to go forward doing an act indicated by a verb in the present participle: as, to
send one packing. - To emit: as, flowers send forth fragrance.
- To convict of crime and imprison.
- To despatch a missive, message, or messenger; despatch an agent for some purpose.
- Nautical, to pitch or plunge precipitately into the trough of the sea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
- intransitive verb (Naut.) To pitch.
- intransitive verb to request or require by message to come or be brought.
- noun (Naut.) The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.
- transitive verb To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_I send away_; comp. of prep, ἀπό, _off_, and στέλλω, _I send_; root στελ, vowel changed, § 63; aug. cuts off final ο of prep.,
Greek in a Nutshell James Strong
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Well, this wretched ape must needs send -- _send_, mind you, not come down and himself ask, but _send_ -- for a man to move some furniture up at the house there.
The Voyage of the Aurora Harry Collingwood 1886
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Here is the order to send a cargo, with a _please to send_; so the factor may let it alone if he does not please. [
The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) Daniel Defoe 1696
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The word "send" in "send Him victorious" is a relic of the Jacobite adaptation of the original anthem.
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Next month, The Atlantic will once again send fiction home to our subscribers, in a special supplement that will accompany our May issue.
A Long Story 2010
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Cafferty: What message would Palin send if she does not run for reelection?
First on the CNN Ticker: RNC slams Obama in first TV ad 2009
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Next month, The Atlantic will once again send fiction home to our subscribers, in a special supplement that will accompany our May issue.
A Long Story 2010
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Cafferty: What message would Palin send if she does not run for reelection?
Cafferty: What message would Palin send if she does not run for reelection? 2009
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Bibi's here to raise funds period and why Obama wasted time on him again send a strong signal that AIPAC still runs this issue.
Emanuel: Settlement issue should not block Mideast peace 2009
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But the last 6 months clear lines are starting to emerge and I am again send $$ to the GOP.
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