Definitions for SEND
sɛndsend

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. send, directverb

   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"

2. send, send outverb

   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"

3. mail, post, sendverb

   cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

   "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"

4. transport, send, shipverb

   transport commercially

5. station, post, send, placeverb

   assign to a station

6. send, get off, send offverb

   transfer

   "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"

7. commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, chargeverb

   cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

   "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

8. air, send, broadcast, beam, transmitverb

   broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

   "We cannot air this X-rated song"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sendverb

   To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.

2. sendverb

   To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SENDverb

   Etymology: sandgan, Gothick; sendan , Saxon; senden, Dutch.

   1. To dispatch from one place to another.

   There shalt thou serve thine enemies, which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger and in thirst. Deutr. xxviii. 48.

   Send our brother with us, and we will go down. Gen. xliii.

   His citizens sent a message after him, saying, we will not have this man to reign over us. Lu. xix. 14.

   The messenger came, and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 2 Sa. xi. 22.

   My overshadowing spirit and might with thee
   I send along. John Milton.

   His wounded men he first sends off to shore. Dryden.

   Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To commission by authority to go and act.

   There have been commissions
   Sent down among them, which have flow’d the heart
   Of all their loyalties. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   3. To grant as from a distant place: as, if God send life.

   I pray thee send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master. Gen. xxiv. 12.

   O send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me. Ps.

   4. To inflict, as from a distance.

   The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto. Deutr. xxviii.

   5. To emit; to immit; to produce.

   The water sends forth plants that have no roots fixed in the bottom, being almost but leaves. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   The senses send in only the influxes of material things, and the imagination and memory present only their pictures or images, when the objects themselves are absent. George Cheyne.

   6. To diffuse; to propagate.

   When the fury took her stand on high,
   A hiss from all the snaky tire went round:
   The dreadful signal all the rocks rebound,
   And through the Achaian cities send the sound. Alexander Pope.

   7. To let fly; to cast or shoot.

2. To Sendverb

   1. To deliver or dispatch a message.

   I have made bold to send in to your wife:
   My suit is that she will to Desdemona
   Procure me some access. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   They could not attempt their perfect reformation in church and state, ’till those votes were utterly abolished; therefore they sent the same day again to the king. Edward Hyde.

   2. To Send for. To require by message to come, or cause to be brought.

   Go with me some few of you, and see the place; and then you may send for your sick, which bring on land. Francis Bacon.

   He sent for me; and, while I rais’d his head,
   He threw his aged arms about my neck,
   And, seeing that I wept, he press’d me close. Dryden.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sendverb

   to cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger

2. Sendverb

   to give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message

3. Sendverb

   to emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like

4. Sendverb

   to cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition

5. Sendverb

   to dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand

6. Sendverb

   to pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts

7. Sendnoun

   the impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily

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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Send

   send, v.t. to cause to go: to cause to be conveyed: to despatch: to forward: to compel: to throw: to hurl: to authorise: to grant: to drive: to dismiss: to commission: to diffuse: to bestow.—v.i. to despatch a message or messenger: (naut.) to pitch into the trough of the sea:—pa.t. and pa.p. sent.—n. (Scot.) a messenger, esp. one sent for the bride: a present: the impulse of a wave on a ship.—ns. Sen′der, one who sends: (teleg.) the instrument by which a message is transmitted; Sen′ding, despatching: pitching bodily into the trough of the sea; Send′-off, a start as on a journey.—Send for, to require by message to come or be brought; Send forth, or out, to give, put, or bring forth; Send to Coventry, to cut: to exclude from society. [A.S. sendan; Ice. senda, Goth. sandjan, Ger. senden.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. send

   The act and process to transmit or communicate an email.

   The email did send easily and efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020  

2. ---

   send

   To communicate.

   They did send their love on a text message for their families to see.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

3. ---

   send

   To deliver commodities, goods or products using a form of transport.

   The goods were send by aircraft to another country as they had the priority for their use.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020  

4. ---

   send

   To mail or post.

   They did send their love letters by post and mail as they love each other with all their heart and soul.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020  

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1. SEND

   What does SEND stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SEND acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SEND

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Send is ranked #129825 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Send surname appeared 131 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Send.
   
   93.8% or 123 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Broadcasting
   • Move
   • Publicize
   • Transfer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SEND' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1498

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SEND' in Written Corpus Frequency: #622

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SEND' in Verbs Frequency: #87

Anagrams for SEND »

1. dens

2. ends

3. neds

4. sned

How to pronounce SEND?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say SEND in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SEND in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SEND in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of SEND in a Sentence

1. Paul Ryan:

   There’s going to be a temptation to let our anger send us further into our corners. Let’s not let that happen.

2. Patrick Hamilton:

   We have been able to send some materials to support water activities in areas under their control. A limited amount.

3. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau:

   ?To those who are involved and listen to this movie, this is in retaliation for Afghanistan and because (Canadian Prime Minister Stephen) Harper wants to send his troops to Iraq, so we are retaliating, the Mujahedin of this world ... just aiming to hit some soldiers just to show that you're not even safe in your own land, and you gotta be careful.

4. Wess Stafford:

   Timothy would send him hand drawings and told the President how much he liked art, so he sent over color pencils, sketch pads, and paint, i waited for my staff to go to the Philippines and send it with them. They would then bring it to the church Timothy was a part of, so he could collect his gifts.

5. Laurie Johnson:

   We’ve had people call us afterwards or send us emails with pictures of their adopted dogs saying, ‘thank you for the referral,’ it’s definitely exponential in its reach of adoptive homes.

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