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send verb (sent, sending) 1 to cause, direct or order to go or be conveyed. 2 to dispatch • I sent the letter yesterday. 3 to force or propel • He sent me flying. 4 to cause to pass into a specified state • She sent him into fits of laughter • The din sent me mad. 5 radio to cause a message, etc to be transmitted. 6 to bring about, especially by divine providence • a plague sent by God. 7 slang originally said of jazz music: to rouse someone into a state of ecstasy; to thrill. sender noun 1 a person who sends something, especially by post. 2 a transmitting device. send word to send an intimation or announcement.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sendan.

send away for something to order goods by post.

send someone down 1 colloq to send them to prison. 2 to expel them from university.

send for someone to ask or order them to come; to summon them.

send for something to order it to be brought or delivered.

send something in to submit it by post, especially an entry for a competition.

send someone off in football, rugby, etc: to order a player to leave the field with no further participation in the game, usually after infringement of the rules.

send something off to dispatch it, especially by post.

send off for something to order (goods) by post.

send something on 1 to post or send it, so as to arrive in advance of oneself. 2 to re-address and re-post a letter or parcel; to forward it.

send something out 1 to distribute it by post. 2 to dispatch it.

send someone out for something to send them to buy or fetch it.

send someone or something up Brit colloq 1 to make fun of or parody them. 2 to send them to prison.