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send¹
- /sɛnd/
Rhymes with -ɛnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye-ti (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende (“to send”), Dutch zenden (“to send”), German senden (“to send”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sende (“to send”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk senda (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.
verb sends · sending · sent · sended · send
- To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone). Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
- To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill. I don't know what it is, but this music really sends me.
- To amuse greatly or otherwise stun by absurdity. In news that has absolutely sent me this spooky season, the owners of the literal Amityville Horror House (yep, *that* one with all the murders) have taken it upon themselves to decorate for Halloween.
- To bring to a certain condition, to drive. “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.
- To dispatch an agent or messenger to find and return with a specified person or thing. Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
- To bestow; to grant. God send him well!
- To inflict; to visit. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.
- To pitch.
- To climb a route without falling. She finally sent the 12a after hours of failed attempts.
- To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for. There is often brilliance in just saying screw it. Acting on intuition. Following the gut. Just doing it. Sending it and seeing what happens.
- To care.
- To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track. But if you want beef, it's war. I'll rip you to shreds and send once more[…]And you think you can send for Aspin? Sort it, stop gassing.
- To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place. […] After closing the door, I shifted to the extreme right and sat directly behind the taxi driver. I told the driver to send me to Pasir Ris by saying "Pasir Ris Dr 12", bus stop" […]
noun sends · Send
- An operation in which data is transmitted. In the sonification of the PDE code, notes are scattered throughout a wide pitch range, and sends and receives are relatively balanced; although in the beginning of the application there are bursts of sends […]
- An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message. Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.
- Alternative form of scend.scend thus we drifted, steadily trending with the send of each giant surge further and deeper into the icy regions of the south-west
- A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
- A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track. Why you're another bird that's fat again. No competition that's, that's the send.
- A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
Send²
proper noun
- A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, south-east of Woking (OS grid ref TQ0255).
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of send (email icon)send
SEND³
noun
- Acronym of special educational needs and disability.special educational needs and disability
