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SEND

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Irregular inflected form: sent   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

Example:

We cannot air this X-rated song

Synonyms:

air; beam; broadcast; send; transmit

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Cause:

air (be broadcast)

Domain category:

broadcast medium; broadcasting (a medium that disseminates via telecommunications)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

satellite (broadcast or disseminate via satellite)

sportscast (broadcast a sports event)

telecast; televise (broadcast via television)

interrogate (transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication)

rebroadcast; rerun (broadcast again, as of a film)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

sender (set used to broadcast radio or tv signals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

Example:

I'll mail you the paper when it's written

Synonyms:

mail; post; send

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

express (send by rapid transport or special messenger service)

airmail (send or transport by airmail)

register (send by registered mail)

express-mail (send by express mail or courier)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They send the parcel to their parents

They send them the parcel

Derivation:

sendee (the intended recipient of a message)

sender (someone who transmits a message)

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Transfer

Example:

The spy sent the classified information off to Russia

Synonyms:

get off; send; send off

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Assign to a station

Synonyms:

place; post; send; station

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

garrison (station (troops) in a fort or garrison)

fort (station (troops) in a fort)

locate; place; site (assign a location to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place

Example:

He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept

Synonyms:

send; send out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

get off; mail (send via the postal service)

mail out (transmit by mail)

send in (mail in; cause to be delivered)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

send back (refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision)

Derivation:

sender (someone who transmits a message)

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Transport commercially

Synonyms:

send; ship; transport

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

barge (transport by barge on a body of water)

railroad (transport by railroad)

despatch; dispatch; send off (send away towards a designated goal)

forward; send on (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They send the parcel to their parents

They send them the parcel

Also:

send off (send away towards a designated goal)

send on (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Cause to go somewhere

Example:

He directed all his energies into his dissertation

Synonyms:

direct; send

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

cast; contrive; project; throw (put or send forth)

turn (channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something)

turn (to send or let go)

divert (send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one)

route (send via a specific route)

refer (send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision)

airt; redirect (channel into a new direction)

blow (cause air to go in, on, or through)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

send away (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)

send away (stop associating with)

Derivation:

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Sense 8

Meaning:

Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Example:

he was committed to prison

Synonyms:

charge; commit; institutionalise; institutionalize; send

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "send" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send"):

hospitalise; hospitalize (admit into a hospital)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

It was a very fine evening, and my mother and he had another stroll by the sweetbriar, while I was sent in to get my tea.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“It was Mr. Roundhay, the vicar, who sent me the telegram which recalled me.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She found herself more successful in sending away than in retaining a companion.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He wanted to know, and it was this desire that had sent him adventuring over the world.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This news sent off the visitor with his fears renewed.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But he sent reply, saying that he was hungry and tired; also that his igloo was large and comfortable and could hold many men.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Mesothelin may help these cells stick together and send signals.

(Mesothelin, NCI Dictionary)

It was then that I wrote and sent the paper to you, Mr. Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Make them wait till to-morrow, Zambo," I shouted; "then I can send letter back by them."

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Usually, it also involves blowing air into the person’s mouth to help with breathing and send oxygen to the lungs.

(Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, NCI Dictionary)