send

send · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To cause something to go or be taken to a destination.

  2. 2.

    To cause someone to go somewhere.

  3. 3.

    To transmit a message or communication.

  4. 4.

    To cause to be in a specified state or condition.

  5. 5.

    (slang) To delight or thrill someone intensely.

Related words

Antonyms: keep, receive, retain
See also: deliver, receive, sent
Synonyms: deliver, dispatch, forward, transmit

Etymology

From Old English sendan ("to send, throw, impel"), from Proto-Germanic sandijaną ("to send"), causative of sinþaną ("to go, journey"). Cognate with Dutch zenden, German senden, and Gothic sandjan.