send
send is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 11 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. John viii.
- 2.Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. Swift.
- 3.To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message. He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback. Esther viii.
- 4.O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me. Ps. xliii.
- 5.3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.
- 6.To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. "God send him well!" Shak. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. Deut. xxviii.
- 7.And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matt. v.
- 8.God send your mission may bring back peace. Sir W. Scott.
- 9.To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head 2 Kings vi.
- 10.2. (Naut.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts. Totten. To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought.
- 11.The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. [Written also scend.] W. C. Russell. "The send of the sea". Longfellow.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- aside
- away
- billet
- billet-doux
- bulletin
- card
- cast
- chit
- chitty
- chosen
- circular
- correspond
- correspondence
- declination
- decline
- deny
- despatch
- discard
- disclaim
- dispatch
- done
- eject
- epistle
- epistolary
- except
- exclude
- exclusion
- favor
- fling
- give
- have
- keep
- lay
- letter
- messenger
- missive
- naught
- neither
- non
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is send.
- What is i proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. John viii called?
- What is servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. Swift called?
- What is to give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message. He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback. Esther viii called?
- What is o send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me. Ps. xliii called?
- What is 3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like called?
- What is and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matt. v called?
- What is god send your mission may bring back peace. Sir W. Scott called?
- What is to dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head 2 Kings vi called?
- What is 2. (Naut.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts. Totten. To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought called?
- What is the impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. [Written also scend.] W. C. Russell. "The send of the sea". Longfellow called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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