Word: send Part of Speech: verb 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 and Norwegian Bokmål sende (“to send”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk senda (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith. Pronunciation: /sɛnd/ 1. To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone). Labels: ditransitive, transitive Example: Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee. Example: She sends me a letter every month. 2. To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I don't know what it is, but this music really sends me. Example: The train had an excellent whistle which sent me, just as Sinatra sends the bobby-sockers. 3. To amuse greatly or otherwise stun by absurdity. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: In news that has absolutely sent me this spooky season, the owners of the literal Amityville Horror House (yep, *that* one with all the murders) have taken it upon themselves to decorate for Halloween. Example: [see title] 4. To bring to a certain condition, to drive. Labels: transitive Example: “I suppose,” blurted Clara suddenly, “she wants a man.” The other two were silent for a few moments. “But it’s the loneliness sends her cracked,” said Paul. 5. To dispatch an agent or messenger to find and return with a specified person or thing. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once. Example: See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? 6. To cause to be or to happen; to bring; bring about. Labels: archaic, sometimes, transitive Example: God send him well! Example: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 7. To cause to be or to happen; to bring; bring about. Labels: archaic, sometimes, transitive Example: The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. Example: Vague notions of this kind still widely prevail, and great numbers regard diseases as things that come arbitrarily, or are "sent" by Divine Providence as judgments or punishments for sins. 8. To pitch. Labels: intransitive 9. To climb a route without falling. Labels: transitive Example: She finally sent the 12a after hours of failed attempts. 10. To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for. Labels: slang Example: There is often brilliance in just saying screw it. Acting on intuition. Following the gut. Just doing it. Sending it and seeing what happens. Example: Why is my first instinct Spain here? Like if I was playing two seconds I would've just instant-sent Spain on this. But I think it―there's a part of me that thought it could've been Italy. But, I don't really know. 11. To care. Labels: Nigeria, intransitive, slang 12. To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track. Labels: UK, slang Example: But if you want beef, it's war. I'll rip you to shreds and send once more[…]And you think you can send for Aspin? Sort it, stop gassing. 13. To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place. Labels: Singapore, transitive Example: […] After closing the door, I shifted to the extreme right and sat directly behind the taxi driver. I told the driver to send me to Pasir Ris by saying "Pasir Ris Dr 12", bus stop" […]