/ send; NAmE / verb
( sent , sent / sent; NAmE /)
BY MAIL / RADIO
1.
send sth (to sb) | send sb sth to make sth go or be taken to a place, especially by post / mail, email, radio, etc. :
[ vn ]
to send a letter / package / cheque / fax / email
She sent the letter by airmail.
( BrE )
to send sth by post
( NAmE )
to send sth by mail
A radio signal was sent to the spacecraft.
The CD player was faulty so we sent it back to the manufacturers.
[ vn , vnn ]
Have you sent a postcard to your mother yet?
Have you sent your mother a postcard yet?
I'll send you a text message.
MESSAGE
2.
to tell sb sth by sending them a message :
[ vn ]
My parents send their love .
What sort of message is that sending to young people?
[ vnn ]
He sent me word to come.
[ vn ( that )]
She sent word (that) she could not come.
[ v to inf ] ( formal )
She sent to say that she was coming home.
SB SOMEWHERE
3.
to tell sb to go somewhere or to do sth; to arrange for sb to go somewhere :
[ vn , usually + adv. / prep. ]
Ed couldn't make it so they sent me instead.
She sent the kids to bed early.
to send sb to prison / boarding school
[ vn to inf ]
I've sent Tom to buy some milk.
MAKE STH MOVE QUICKLY
4.
to make sth/sb move quickly or suddenly :
[ vn -ing ]
Every step he took sent the pain shooting up his leg.
The punch sent him flying .
[ vn + adv. / prep. ]
The report sent share prices down a further 8p.
MAKE SB REACT
5.
send sb (to / into sth) to make sb behave or react in a particular way :
[ vn ]
Her music always sends me to sleep.
Her account of the visit sent us into fits of laughter.
[ vn - adj ]
All the publicity nearly sent him crazy.
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IDIOMS
- send sb packing
—more at Coventry , love noun , thing
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PHRASAL VERBS
- send away (to sb) (for sth)
- send sb down
- send for sb
- send for sth
- send sb forth
- send forth sth
- send sb in
- send sth in
- send off (for sth) | send away (to sb) (for sth)
- send sb off
- send sth off
- send sth on
- send out for sth
- send sth out
- send sb/sth up
- send sb up
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English sendan , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden .