send

Speech parts

1. send - Noun

2. send - Verb

3. Send - Proper noun

Meaning

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message.

To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.

To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.

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

To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.

The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

post broadcast mail transmit direct ship transport beam place air give charge carry station cast
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Antonyms

have group get give leave receive
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Hypernyms

air move transport transfer channel transmit

Hyponyms

fort garrison place project site turn

Phrases with the word

send one's apologies send somebody packing send to sleep send to the gallows send to the chair send up the river

Derivatives

sent sending

Anagrams

sned dens ends Neds

Examples

God did not send you to earth to live comfortably, rather to prepare for eternal life. Nikolaj Velimirovic

God doesn't send you the people you want. He sends you the people you need. They may hurt you, love you, teach you, or wound you-to make you into the person you are meant to be. Source: Internet

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do. Benito Mussolini

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour. Dutch Proverb

Make sure to send a lazy man for the angel of death. Jewish Proverb

Send a fool to the market, and a fool he'll return. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sencible sencion SENCO send a message send about one's business send an unsolicited message