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
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sandford English
- autosend English
- besend English
- foresend English
- forthsend English
- insend English
- keysender English
- missend English
- multisender English
- off English
- onsend English
- outsend English
- outsending English
- oversend English
- resend English
- resendable English
- resender English
- sendable English
- sendee English
- sender English
- sendest English
- sendeth English
- sendling English
- sendoff English
- undersend English
- unsend English
- unsendable English
- upsend English
- Sendbrief German
- Sendemast German
- Sender German
- Sendling German
- Sendung German
- absenden German
- aussenden German
- entsenden German
- senden German
- versenden German
- zusenden German
- afzenden Dutch, Flemish
- inzending Dutch, Flemish
- verzenden Dutch, Flemish
- zendamateur Dutch, Flemish
- zendbrief Dutch, Flemish
- zendeling Dutch, Flemish
- zenden Dutch, Flemish
- zender Dutch, Flemish
- zending Dutch, Flemish
- zendmast Dutch, Flemish
- zendpiraat Dutch, Flemish
- zendpiraterij Dutch, Flemish
- zendtijd Dutch, Flemish
- *s(w)ent-, *sent- Proto-Indo-European
- *sont-eye- Proto-Indo-European
- *samdaz Proto-Germanic
- *sandijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sandō Proto-Germanic
- sända Swedish
- sändare Swedish
- utsända Swedish
- senda Norwegian Nynorsk
- besendan Old English
- eolhsand Old English
- foresendan Old English
- forsendan Old English
- forþsendan Old English
- geondsendan Old English
- gesendan Old English
- insendan Old English
- ofersendan Old English
- onsendan Old English
- sand Old English
- sandceosol Old English
- sandig Old English
- sendan Old English
- tosendan Old English
- *foresenden Middle English
- *forthsenden Middle English
- *undersenden Middle English
- besenden Middle English
- insenden Middle English
- onsenden Middle English
- outsenden Middle English
- oversenden Middle English
- sand Middle English
- sendable Middle English
- senden Middle English
- upsenden Middle English
- senda Old Norse
- sende Danish
- sender Danish
- alsendi Esperanto
- elsendi Esperanto
- forsendi Esperanto
- sendi Esperanto
- sendo Esperanto
- senda Icelandic
- sendiherra Icelandic
- sendill Icelandic
- sending Icelandic
- senden Middle Dutch
- senten Old High German
- senden Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- senden Old Dutch
- sendian Old Saxon
- sænda Old Swedish