Send

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Send, v. t. [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. sända, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. sī, Icel. sinni a walk, journey, a time. W. hynt a way, journey, OIr. st. Cf. Sense.].

•  To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.  [1913 Webster]

  "I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran."  [1913 Webster]

  "I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me."  [1913 Webster]

  "Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires."  [1913 Webster]
•  To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message.  [1913 Webster]

  "He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback."  [1913 Webster]

  "O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me."  [1913 Webster]
•  To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke."  [1913 Webster]

  "And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."  [1913 Webster]

  "God send your mission may bring back peace."  [1913 Webster]

Send, v. i. 

•  To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.  [1913 Webster]

  "See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?"  [1913 Webster]
•  To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.  Totten.  [1913 Webster]

To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought.

Send, n. 

 The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.  Longfellow.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Send, v. (past and past part. sent)
1 tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message to headquarters; sent me a book; sends goods all over the world). b propel; cause to move (send a bullet; sent him flying). c cause to go or become (send into raptures; send to sleep). d dismiss with or without force (sent her away; sent him about his business).
2 intr. send a message or letter (he sent to warn me).
3 tr. (of God, providence, etc.) grant or bestow or inflict; bring about; cause to be (send rain; send a judgement; send her victorious!).
4 tr. sl. affect emotionally, put into ecstasy.

Idiom

send away for send an order to a dealer for (goods). send down Brit.
1 rusticate or expel from a university.
2 sentence to imprisonment.
3 Cricket bowl (a ball or an over).
send for
1 summon.
2 order by post.
send in
1 cause to go in.
2 submit (an entry etc.) for a competition etc.
send off
1 get (a letter, parcel, etc.) dispatched.
2 attend the departure of (a person) as a sign of respect etc.
3 Sport (of a referee) order (a player) to leave the field and take no further part in the game. send-off n. a demonstration of goodwill etc. at the departure of a person, the start of a project, etc. send off for = send away for. send on transmit to a further destination or in advance of one's own arrival. send a person to Coventry see COVENTRY. send up 1 cause to go up.
2 transmit to a higher authority.
3 Brit. colloq. satirize or ridicule, esp. by mimicking.
4 US sentence to imprisonment. send-up n. Brit. colloq. a satire or parody. send word send information.

Derivative

sendable adj. sender n.

Etymology

OE sendan f. Gmc

THESAURUS

Send

address, address to, advance, air-express, airfreight, airmail, allocate, ask for, assign, be poised, beam, becharm, bewitch, billow, break, broadcast, bundle, bundle off, burlesque, call for, captivate, carry away, carry off, cart away, cast, charge, charm, comb, commission, commit, communicate, consign, convey, crash, dash, delectate, delegate, delight, deliver, delocalize, depute, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispatch, displace, disseminate, drop a letter, ebb and flow, electrify, embark, emit, enchant, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, enthuse, entrance, expedite, export, express, exude, fascinate, fax, fire, fling, float, forward, freak out, freight, get across, get over, give, give a start, give off, give word, grow, hand on, heave, hurl, imparadise, impart, imprison, incarcerate, jam, kick off, knock dead, knock out, lampoon, launch, lay aside, leave word, let fly, lift, mail, make fun of, make known, manhandle, move, newscast, order, parody, pass, pass along, pass on, peak, please, popple, post, project, propel, put aside, put in motion, radiate, radio, radiobroadcast, ravish, release, relocate, remit, remove, render, report, request, rise, rise and fall, roll, route, rush, satirize, scend, send away, send down, send for, send forth, send off, send up, send word, set afloat, set agoing, set aside, set going, set in motion, set on foot, share, share with, shift, ship, shoot, shortwave, shunt, side, sign off, sign on, signal, slay, smash, spoof, sportscast, start, start going, start off, start up, stir, summon, surge, swell, take away, take off, telecast, telegraph, televise, tell, thrill, throw, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, toss, transfer, transmit, transport, undulate, wave, wireless, wow

ROGET THESAURUS

Send

Transference

VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.

Propulsion

VB propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.