send

English

/sɛnd/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
  • (slang) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
  • To bring to a certain condition.
  • (intransitive) 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.
  • (nautical) To pitch.
  • (climbing) To make a successful free ascent (i.e. not relying on gear) of a sport climbing route.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English senden inherited from Old English sendan (send, cause to go, banish, send away) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye- (cause to go).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sont-eye-

Gloss

cause to go

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