Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɛnd/
send (sends, present participle sending; past and past participle sent)
- (transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
- Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
- to send a message, or a letter
- (slang) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
- 1947, Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, Clarke, Irwin & Co., page 183,
- The train had an excellent whistle which sent me, just as Sinatra sends the bobby-sockers.
- 1957, Sam Cooke, "You Send Me",
- Darling you send me / I know you send me
- 1991, P.M. Dawn, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss",
- Baby you send me.
- 1947, Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, Clarke, Irwin & Co., page 183,
- To bring to a certain condition.
- 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
- “I suppose,” blurted Clara suddenly, “she wants a man.”
- The other two were silent for a few moments.
- “But it’s the loneliness sends her cracked,” said Paul.
- 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
- (intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
- Bible, 2 Kings vi. 32
- See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?
- Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
- Bible, 2 Kings vi. 32
- To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
- c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i]:
- God send him well!
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Deuteronomy28 20: ↗:
- The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.
- 1814 July 6, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. In Three Volumes, volume (
please specify ), Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 270129598 ↗:
- (nautical) To pitch.
- The ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.
- (climbing, transitive) To make a successful free ascent (i.e. not relying on gear) of a sport climbing route.
- She finally sent the 12a after hours of failed attempts.
- French: envoyer
- German: senden, schicken, verschicken
- Italian: inviare, mandare, rimandare, restituire
- Portuguese: enviar, emitir, mandar (colloquial), despachar
- Russian: посыла́ть
- Spanish: enviar, mandar, remitir
- Italian: rendere
send (plural sends)
- (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
- (nautical) Alternative form of scend
- the send of the sea
- (Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
SEND
Noun
send (uncountable)
- (UK, education) Acronym of special educational needs and disability
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