send meaning and definition

SEND verb

Definition of send (verb)

1. cause to go somewhere
   • "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
   • synonyms: direct
2. to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
   • "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept"
   • synonyms: send out
3. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
   • "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
   • synonyms: mail, post
4. transport commercially
   • synonyms: ship, transport
5. assign to a station
   • synonyms: place, post, station
6. transfer
   • "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
   • synonyms: get off, send off
7. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
   • "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
   • synonyms: charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize
8. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
   • "We cannot air this X-rated song"
   • synonyms: air, beam, broadcast, transmit