# send

Pronunciation: say "SEND" /sɛnd/

## Verb

1. To cause something, such as an object or message, to travel from one place or person to another.
   - Simple: To make an object or message go from one place to another or to someone.
   - _I'll send the signed documents by courier tomorrow morning._
   - _The company sent thousands of letters to its customers last week._
2. To dispatch a messenger or agent to carry a message or carry out an errand.
   - Simple: To tell someone to go somewhere and carry a message or do a job for you.
   - _The duke sent to the village for a physician at first light._
   - _They send for reinforcements whenever the border grows tense._
3. To cause someone or something to enter a particular condition or state; to drive into it.
   - Simple: To cause someone or something to reach a certain state or feeling.
   - _The unexpected announcement sent the markets into chaos._
   - _A single careless spark can send an entire forest up in flames._
6. To fill someone with excitement, delight, or rapture; to thrill. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To fill someone with great excitement or joy, or to thrill them.
   - _The way she plays the piano just sends me every time._
   - _Old Motown records still send my grandmother, and she dances around the kitchen._
8. To pursue a course of action with full commitment and enthusiasm, often recklessly. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To go after something boldly and fully, even when it is risky.
   - _They sent it on the final descent, ignoring every warning sign._
   - _Let's forget the careful plan and just send it on the last run._

## Noun

4. An on-screen icon, usually labeled "Send," that one clicks or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
   - Simple: A button on a screen that you click or tap to send a message.
   - _He hovered over send for a moment before finally clicking it._
   - _The new layout moves send to the bottom-right corner of the window._
5. An operation in which data is transmitted from one point to another.
   - Simple: The act of moving data from one device to another.
   - _The logs record every send and receive between the two servers._
   - _A failed send will be retried automatically after a short delay._

## Verb

7. (of God, fate, or heaven) To cause something to happen to someone, whether good or bad; to grant a blessing or inflict a misfortune. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Of God or fate, to give someone something good or make something bad happen to them.
   - _Ancient texts warn that the gods send plagues upon the wicked._
   - _They believed fate had sent famine upon the land as punishment._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To complete a climbing route from start to finish without falling.
- (noun) A clean, successful climb of a route or boulder problem, in any style of climbing, completed without falling.
- (verb) To give someone a ride, driving them to another place.
- (verb) To call out or insult a particular person within a diss track.
- (noun) A callout or insult usually aimed at a specific person, often taking the form of a diss track.
- (verb) To care or be bothered about something, used mostly in the negative.
- (verb) Of a ship, to pitch or plunge, the bow rising and falling sharply in heavy seas.
- (noun) A messenger, particularly one dispatched to bring the bride to the wedding.

## Origin

Old English sendan, meaning "to send, cause to go," became Middle English senden. Through Proto-Germanic it goes back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to cause to go," the causative form of a root meaning "to walk, travel." German senden, Dutch zenden and Swedish sända are related, and the noun was formed from the verb.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/send (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).