v. t. | 1. | To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; | |||
2. | To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; | ||||
3. | To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; | ||||
4. | To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; - sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. | ||||
v. i. | 1. | To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. | |||
2. | (Naut.) To pitch;
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n. | 1. | (Naut.) The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. |
Verb | 1. | send - 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" Synonyms: direct |
2. | send - 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" Synonyms: send out | |
3. | send - 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. | send - transport commercially | |
5. | send - assign to a station | |
6. | send - transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia" | |
7. | send - cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" | |
8. | send - broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" |