I. transitive verb
1. : to shoot out or upward : give off : emit , vent
sparks sent up by a fire
the timbers of the drawbridge sent up a booming sound — Rafael Sabatini
2.
a. : to dispatch to a person, body, or place regarded as higher
the master of the inn … sent up the bill by the waiter — Frederick Marryat
a bill … having been passed by the Commons and sent up to the Lords — Herbert Morrison
not a single appropriations bill has been sent up to the president — New York Times
b. : to send (as a schoolboy) to the headmaster for punishment or reward
3. : to hoist (as a yard) into place
the night pennant is sent up at once — C.D.Lane
4. : to sentence to imprisonment : send to jail
take his revenge on the marshal … who sent him up — Time
II. transitive verb
: to make fun of : satirize : parody