send

Meanings

Verb

• To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
• To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
• To bring to a certain condition.
• To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
• To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
• To pitch.
• To make a successful free ascent (i.e. not relying on gear) of a sport climbing route.

Noun

• An operation in which data is transmitted.
• Alternative of scend
• A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
• A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.

Related

Similar words

• emit, broadcast, mail

Origin

• From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan, from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European, causative of *sent-. The noun is from the verb.
• Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende, Dutch zenden, German senden, Danish and Norwegian sende, Swedish sända, Icelandic senda. Related also to Old English sand, sond. See also sith.