to cause, permit, or enable to go

to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.

to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination

to send a letter.

to order, direct, compel, or force to go

The president sent troops to Asia.

to direct, propel, or deliver to a particular point, position, condition, or direction

to send a punch to the jaw; The punch sent the fighter reeling.

to emit, discharge, or utter (usually fol. by off, out, or through )

The lion sent a roar through the jungle.

to cause to occur or befall

The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village.

Electricity .

to transmit (a signal).

to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses.

Slang . to delight or excite

Frank Sinatra's records used to send her.

to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc.

Electricity . to transmit a signal

The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies.

send down, British . to expel, esp. from Oxford or Cambridge.

send for, to request the coming or delivery of; summon

If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.

send forth,

to produce; bear; yield

plants sending forth new leaves.

to dispatch out of a country as an export.

to issue, as a publication

They have sent forth a report to the stockholders.

to emit or discharge

The flowers sent forth a sweet odor.

send in, to cause to be dispatched or delivered to a destination

Send in your contest entries to this station.

send off, to cause to depart or to be conveyed from oneself; dispatch; dismiss

His teacher sent him off to the principal's office.

send out,

to distribute; issue.

to send on the way; dispatch

They sent out their final shipment last week.

to order delivery

We sent out for coffee.

send up,

to release or cause to go upward; let out.

Informal . to sentence or send to prison

He was convicted and sent up for life.

to expose the flaws or foibles of through parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, or other forms of satire

The new movie sends up merchants who commercialize Christmas.

send packing

to dismiss curtly; send away in disgrace

The cashier was stealing, so we sent him packing.

send round

to circulate or dispatch widely

Word was sent round about his illness.

verb

receive , displease

verb

accelerate , address , advance , assign , broadcast , cast , circulate , commission , commit , communicate , consign , convey , delegate , deliver , detail , direct , dispatch , drop , emit , expedite , express , fire , fling , forward , freight , get under way , give off , grant , hasten , hurl , hurry off , impart , issue , let fly , mail , post , propel , put out , radiate , relay , remit , route , rush off , ship , shoot , televise , troll , wire , charm , delight , electrify , enrapture , enthrall , enthuse , excite , intoxicate , move , ravish , stir , thrill , titillate , turn on , transmit , transfer , turn over , carry away , transport , bestow , carry , discharge , drive , inflict , launch , project , throw

phrasal verb

convene , convoke , muster , summon , give , give forth , give off , give out , issue , let off , let out , release , throw off , vent , consign , institutionalize