SEND


Meaning of SEND in English

/ 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.

IDIOMS

- send sb packing

—more at Coventry , love noun , thing

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 .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.