Send
/sɛnd/
Send is a verb and noun with 5 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
verb
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To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
“Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.”
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To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
“Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.”
noun
- The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.
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Origin
From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan.
Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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