send

Pronunciation: /sɛnd/

The English word “send” has 18 meanings listed here.

verb

To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
To amuse greatly or otherwise stun by absurdity.
To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
To dispatch an agent or messenger to find and return with a specified person or thing.
To bestow; to grant.
To inflict; to visit.
To pitch.
To climb a route without falling.
To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for.
To care.
To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place.

noun

An operation in which data is transmitted.
An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
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.
A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.

Etymology

From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye-ti (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende (“to send”), Dutch zenden (“to send”), German senden (“to send”), Danish…

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