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SEND OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transfer
Example:
The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "send off" is one way to...):
transfer (move from one place to another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
send-off (an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Throw, send, or cast forward
Example:
project a missile
Synonyms:
project; send off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "send off" is one way to...):
impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Send away towards a designated goal
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "send off" is one way to...):
send; ship; transport (transport commercially)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "send off"):
bundle off (send off unceremoniously)
route (send documents or materials to appropriate destinations)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
