send
♦♦♦ send /s'end/ (sends sending sent)
1 [VERB] V n n, V n to n, V n, V n with adv, be V-ed from n
When you send someone something, you arrange for it to be taken and delivered to them, for example by post.
Myra Cunningham sent me a note thanking me for dinner...
I sent a copy to the minister for transport...
He sent a basket of exotic fruit and a card...
Sir Denis took one look and sent it back...
More than half a million sheep are sent from Britain to Europe for slaughter every year.
2 [VERB] V n with adv, V n to n, V n for n, be V-ed from n
If you send someone somewhere, you tell them to go there.
Inspector Banbury came up to see her, but she sent him away...
...the government's decision to send troops to the region...
I suggested that he rest, and sent him for an X-ray...
Reinforcements were being sent from the neighbouring region..
3 [VERB] V n to n
If you send someone to an institution such as a school or a prison, you arrange for them to stay there for a period of time.
It's his parents' choice to send him to a boarding school, rather than a convenient day school...
4 [VERB] V n to n, V n with adv
To send a signal means to cause it to go to a place by means of radio waves or electricity.
The transmitters will send a signal automatically to a local base station...
...in 1989, after a 12-year journey to Neptune, the space probe Voyager sent back pictures of Triton, its moon.
5 [VERB] V n -ing, V n prep
If something sends things or people in a particular direction, it causes them to move in that direction.
The explosion sent shrapnel flying through the sides of cars on the crowded highway...
The slight back and forth motion sent a pounding surge of pain into his skull.
6 [VERB] V n into n, V n -ing, V n adj
To send someone or something into a particular state means to cause them to go into or be in that state.
My attempt to fix it sent Lawrence into fits of laughter.
...before civil war and famine sent the country plunging into anarchy...
An obsessive search for our inner selves, far from saving the world, could send us all mad.
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to send someone to Coventry: see Coventry
to send someone packing: see packsend away for
see send for 2send down
1 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P
If a student is sent down from their university or college, they are made to leave because they have behaved very badly. (BRIT; in AM, use be expelled)
She wondered if he had been sent down for gambling.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P
If someone who is on trial is sent down, they are found guilty and sent to prison. (BRIT; in AM, use send up)
The two rapists were sent down for life in 1983.send for
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you send for someone, you send them a message asking them to come and see you.
I've sent for the doctor.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you send for something, you write and ask for it to be sent to you.
Send for your free catalogue today.send in
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you send in something such as a competition entry or a letter applying for a job, you post it to the organization concerned.
Applicants are asked to send in a CV and a covering letter...
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
When a government sends in troops or police officers, it orders them to deal with a crisis or problem somewhere.
He has asked the government to send in troops to end the fighting.send off
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
When you send off a letter or package, you send it somewhere by post.
He sent off copies to various people for them to read and make comments.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P
If a football player is sent off, the referee makes them leave the field during a game, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules.
The 30-year-old Scottish international was sent off for arguing with a linesman.
see also sending-offsend on
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, also V P n (not pron)
If you send on something you have received, especially a document, you send it to another place or person.
We coordinate the reports from the overseas divisions, and send them on to headquarters in Athens.send out
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you send out things such as letters or bills, you send them to a large number of people at the same time.
She had sent out well over four hundred invitations that afternoon.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
To send out a signal, sound, light, or heat means to produce it.
The crew did not send out any distress signals...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
When a plant sends out roots or shoots, they grow.
If you cut your rubber plant back, it should send out new side shoots.
= producesend up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If you send someone or something up, you imitate them in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish. (BRIT INFORMAL)
You sense he's sending himself up as well as everything else.
...a spoof that sends up the macho world of fighter pilots.
see also send-up
= make fun of
2 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P
If someone who is on trial is sent up, they are found guilty and sent to prison. (AM; in BRIT, use send down)
If I'm going to be sent up for killing one guy, then I might as well kill three more.
1 [VERB] V n n, V n to n, V n, V n with adv, be V-ed from n
When you send someone something, you arrange for it to be taken and delivered to them, for example by post.
Myra Cunningham sent me a note thanking me for dinner...
I sent a copy to the minister for transport...
He sent a basket of exotic fruit and a card...
Sir Denis took one look and sent it back...
More than half a million sheep are sent from Britain to Europe for slaughter every year.
2 [VERB] V n with adv, V n to n, V n for n, be V-ed from n
If you send someone somewhere, you tell them to go there.
Inspector Banbury came up to see her, but she sent him away...
...the government's decision to send troops to the region...
I suggested that he rest, and sent him for an X-ray...
Reinforcements were being sent from the neighbouring region..
3 [VERB] V n to n
If you send someone to an institution such as a school or a prison, you arrange for them to stay there for a period of time.
It's his parents' choice to send him to a boarding school, rather than a convenient day school...
4 [VERB] V n to n, V n with adv
To send a signal means to cause it to go to a place by means of radio waves or electricity.
The transmitters will send a signal automatically to a local base station...
...in 1989, after a 12-year journey to Neptune, the space probe Voyager sent back pictures of Triton, its moon.
5 [VERB] V n -ing, V n prep
If something sends things or people in a particular direction, it causes them to move in that direction.
The explosion sent shrapnel flying through the sides of cars on the crowded highway...
The slight back and forth motion sent a pounding surge of pain into his skull.
6 [VERB] V n into n, V n -ing, V n adj
To send someone or something into a particular state means to cause them to go into or be in that state.
My attempt to fix it sent Lawrence into fits of laughter.
...before civil war and famine sent the country plunging into anarchy...
An obsessive search for our inner selves, far from saving the world, could send us all mad.
7
to send someone to Coventry: see Coventry
to send someone packing: see packsend away for
see send for 2send down
1 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P
If a student is sent down from their university or college, they are made to leave because they have behaved very badly. (BRIT; in AM, use be expelled)
She wondered if he had been sent down for gambling.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P
If someone who is on trial is sent down, they are found guilty and sent to prison. (BRIT; in AM, use send up)
The two rapists were sent down for life in 1983.send for
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you send for someone, you send them a message asking them to come and see you.
I've sent for the doctor.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you send for something, you write and ask for it to be sent to you.
Send for your free catalogue today.send in
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you send in something such as a competition entry or a letter applying for a job, you post it to the organization concerned.
Applicants are asked to send in a CV and a covering letter...
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
When a government sends in troops or police officers, it orders them to deal with a crisis or problem somewhere.
He has asked the government to send in troops to end the fighting.send off
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
When you send off a letter or package, you send it somewhere by post.
He sent off copies to various people for them to read and make comments.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P
If a football player is sent off, the referee makes them leave the field during a game, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules.
The 30-year-old Scottish international was sent off for arguing with a linesman.
see also sending-offsend on
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, also V P n (not pron)
If you send on something you have received, especially a document, you send it to another place or person.
We coordinate the reports from the overseas divisions, and send them on to headquarters in Athens.send out
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you send out things such as letters or bills, you send them to a large number of people at the same time.
She had sent out well over four hundred invitations that afternoon.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
To send out a signal, sound, light, or heat means to produce it.
The crew did not send out any distress signals...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
When a plant sends out roots or shoots, they grow.
If you cut your rubber plant back, it should send out new side shoots.
= producesend up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If you send someone or something up, you imitate them in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish. (BRIT INFORMAL)
You sense he's sending himself up as well as everything else.
...a spoof that sends up the macho world of fighter pilots.
see also send-up
= make fun of
2 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P
If someone who is on trial is sent up, they are found guilty and sent to prison. (AM; in BRIT, use send down)
If I'm going to be sent up for killing one guy, then I might as well kill three more.