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[[t]sɛnd[/t]]

v. sent, send•ing

1) to cause or enable to go:

to send a messenger[/ex]

2) to cause to be conveyed to a destination:

to send a letter[/ex]

3) to order or request to go:

sending troops to battle[/ex]

4) to propel or drive:

to send a punch to the jaw[/ex]

5) to emit or utter:

The lion sent a roar through the jungle[/ex]

6) to cause to occur

7) elm

a) to transmit (a signal)

b) to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses

8) sts Slang. to delight; excite

9) to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc

10) brit. phv send down, Brit. to expel from a university

11) phv send for, to request the coming or delivery of; summon:

to send for a doctor[/ex]

12) phv send forth

to produce, emit, discharge, or cause to emerge

13) phv send in, to mail or otherwise dispatch to an authorized point of collection:

to send in one's taxes[/ex]

14) phv send out

to order delivery:

We sent out for coffee[/ex]

15) phv send up

a) to cause to rise up

b) inf to sentence or send to prison

c) to ridicule, as through parody or burlesque

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- send packing

Etymology: bef. 900; OE sendan, c. OFris, ONsenda, OSsendian, OHGsenten, Go sandjan send′a•ble, adj. send′er, n. II

send

[[t]sɛnd[/t]] v. i. sent, send•ing, n. Naut.

naut. navig.

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