send

SEND/sɛnd/

16 meanings of send

1
post (a thing)verbtransitive
To make an object or message go from one place to another or to someone.
Like passing a note across the classroom to a friend.
Please send the package to my new address.
She sends a text to her mom every single night.
UsageSay send her a letter or send a letter to her. The past is sent.
Similardispatch, mail, post, ship, forward
Oppositereceive
2
dispatch a personverbintransitive
To tell someone to go somewhere and carry a message or do a job for you.
Like ringing a bell so a helper comes running.
When the baby got sick, they sent for the doctor right away.
Send for help if the fire starts to spread.
UsageSay send for: send for a doctor, send for help.
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3
drive into stateverbtransitive
To cause someone or something to reach a certain state or feeling.
Like a hard push that sends a swing flying high.
The loud noise sent the dog into a panic.
His silly jokes always send the whole class into fits of laughter.
UsageOften send something into a state: sent him into a panic.
Similarthrow, plunge, drive, tip, push
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Less common meanings

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screen buttonnoununcountable
A button on a screen that you click or tap to send a message.
Like the start button on a game: you tap it to make things go.
She wrote the email carefully and then pressed send.
Tap send once your message is ready to go.
UsageSay press send or hit send.
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data operationnouncountable
The act of moving data from one device to another.
Like dropping a letter in the mailbox: one trip from you to someone else.
The app showed that the file send had finished successfully.
Each send uses only a little bit of data.
UsagePeople often say sends and receives together.
Similartransmission
Oppositereceive
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make ecstaticverbslangtransitive
To fill someone with great excitement or joy, or to thrill them.
Like a favorite song that makes you want to jump up and dance.
Her happy songs always send me, and I start to dance.
That old jazz record really sends me.
UsagePut the person after send: this music sends me every time.
Similarthrill, excite, electrify, rouse, exhilarate
Oppositebore
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7
verbarchaictransitive
Of God or fate, to give someone something good or make something bad happen to them.
Like throwing trouble down onto someone from above.
The legends say the gods would send storms upon their enemies.
The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.
1611, The Holy Bible, King James VersionHere, send upon means to make something bad happen to someone.
UsageSay send something upon someone. It sounds like the Bible.
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go for itverbslangtransitive
To go after something boldly and fully, even when it is risky.
Like running full speed at something without ever slowing down.
He decided to just send it and jump off the high dive.
When the ramp appeared, the riders sent it down the steep hill.
UsagePeople usually say send it.
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9
verb
To climb a route all the way to the top without falling.
10
noun
A climb of a route that you finish without falling.
11
verbSingapore
To drive someone to the place they need to go.
12
verbslangUK
To attack or insult a certain person in a rap song.
13
nounslangUK
An attack or insult aimed at a certain person, often in a rap song.
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verbslangNigeria
To care about or take interest in something.
15
verbrare
Of a ship, to dip and rise sharply when big waves push against it.
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noundialectalScotland
A messenger, especially one sent to bring the bride to a wedding.

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Origin

From Old English "sendan," meaning "to send" or "cause to go." It comes from older Germanic and Indo-European roots meaning "to cause to go" or "to travel."

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 2 facts

Send derives from Old English sendan, meaning 'to send' or 'cause to go'. en.wiktionary.org
Send has older Germanic and Indo-European ancestry associated with causing movement and travelling. en.wiktionary.org