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send
verb sent, sending
    1. To cause, direct or order to go or be conveyed.
      Thesaurus: transmit, dispatch, ship, mail, convey, forward, expedite, hasten, accelerate, confer, entrust, bestow.
    2. To dispatch.
      Example: I sent the letter yesterday
    3. To force or propel.
      Example: He sent me flying
      Thesaurus: throw, propel, fling, project, hurl.
    4. To cause to pass into a specified state.
      Example: She sent him into fits of laughter
      Example: The din sent me mad
    5. radio.
      To cause a message, etc to be transmitted.
      Thesaurus: relay, wire, cable, broadcast, conduct, communicate.
    6. To bring about, especially by divine providence.
      Example: a plague sent by God
    7. slang
      Originally said of jazz music: to rouse someone into a state of ecstasy; to thrill.
Derivative: sender
    A person who sends something, especially by post.
    A transmitting device.
Idiom: send word
    To send an intimation or announcement.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sendan.

Phrasal Verb: send away for something
    To order goods by post.
Phrasal Verb: send someone down
    To send them to prison.To expel them from university.
Phrasal Verb: send for someone
    To ask or order them to come; to summon them.
Phrasal Verb: send for something
    To order it to be brought or delivered.
Phrasal Verb: send something in
    To submit it by post, especially an entry for a competition.
Phrasal Verb: send someone off
    In football, rugby, etc: to order a player to leave the field with no further participation in the game, usually after infringement of the rules.
Phrasal Verb: send something off
    To dispatch it, especially by post.
Phrasal Verb: send off for something
    To order (goods) by post.
Phrasal Verb: send something on
    To post or send it, so as to arrive in advance of oneself.To readdress and re-post a letter or parcel; to forward it.
Phrasal Verb: send something out
    To distribute it by post.To dispatch it.
Phrasal Verb: send someone out for something
    To send them to buy or fetch it.
Phrasal Verb: send someone or something up
    To make fun of or parody them.To send them to prison.


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