send
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[ send ]
/ sɛnd /
verb (used with object), sent, send·ing.
verb (used without object), sent, send·ing.
to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc.
Electricity.
to transmit a signal: The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies.
Verb Phrases
Idioms for send
send packing,
to dismiss curtly; send away in disgrace: The cashier was stealing, so we sent him packing.
send round,
to circulate or dispatch widely: Word was sent round about his illness.
Origin of send
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before 900; Middle English
senden, Old English
sendan; cognate with German
senden, Gothic
sandjan (causative) < Germanic base
*sinth-,
*santh- go, whence Old English
sīth journey,
sand message, messenger
SYNONYMS FOR send
OTHER WORDS FROM send
send·a·ble, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH send
scend sendWords nearby send
British Dictionary definitions for send for (1 of 2)
Derived forms of send
sendable, adjective sender, nounWord Origin for send
Old English
sendan; related to Old Norse
senda, Gothic
sandjan, Old High German
senten
British Dictionary definitions for send for (2 of 2)
Idioms and Phrases with send for
send for
Summon someone, request that someone come, as in She sent for all the children when their father lay dying. [Late 1500s]
Order a delivery of something, as in The king sent for a bottle of wine. Also see send away, def. 2; send out, def. 2.