send

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

   send me your latest results

2. 2
   verb

   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.

3. 3
   verb

   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.

4. 4
   verb

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   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.

6. 6
   verb

   To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.

   Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.

7. 7
   verb

   To cause to be or to happen; to bring; bring about.

   God send him well!

8. 8
   verb

   To climb a route without falling.

   She finally sent the 12a after hours of failed attempts.

Etymology

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- (“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 sende (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”), Icelandic senda (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.