noun the impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.
2. send ·vi to dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
3. send ·vi to pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.
4. send ·vt to cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.
5. send ·vt to give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message.
6. send ·vt to cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant;
sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
7. send ·vt to emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.