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Moving messages, goods, people, signals, force, or feeling outward, with noun uses for digital transmission, audio routing, and climbing success.
Practice using send in conversation until it feels natural

Examples

  • This scene sent me when I first watched it.
  • His parents sent him to a boarding school.
  • The final send came just before sunset.
  • A satellite sent the images back to Earth.
  • The announcement sent shares tumbling.

Similar words

cause
force
dispatch
operation
mailing
onsight
feed
relay
flash
amuse

Meanings

Transmit or deliver

verb
communication
neutral
To make a message, object, signal, or payment go from one person or place to another, often by post, courier, email, or another service.

Examples

  • Please send the contract before noon.
  • She sent him a short reply from the train.
  • The app sends a code to your phone.
  • They are sending the samples by courier.
  • A satellite sent the images back to Earth.
  • Maggie sends her love and hopes you feel better soon.

Similar words

transmit
mail
post
dispatch
ship
forward
relay

Direct someone to go

verb
people
neutral
To arrange, order, or allow a person to go somewhere or do something, especially for school, work, punishment, help, or an errand.

Examples

  • The company sent two engineers to Brazil.
  • His parents sent him to a boarding school.
  • The coach sent her on for the final minutes.
  • We sent for a plumber when the pipe burst.
  • The teacher sent the class outside after lunch.
  • The court sent the defendant to prison.

Similar words

dispatch
assign
direct
order
refer
summon
deploy

Cause movement or a state

verb
cause
neutral
To make someone or something move suddenly, change sharply, or enter a particular physical, emotional, or financial condition.

Examples

  • The blast sent dust across the street.
  • The announcement sent shares tumbling.
  • One look at the bill sent him into a panic.
  • The tackle sent the player sprawling.
  • A cold draught sent papers flying around the room.
  • The news sent a chill down her spine.

Similar words

drive
propel
throw
push
trigger
cause
force

Emit or grow outward

verb
nature
neutral
To give out light, sound, smell, liquid, or new growth from a source.

Examples

  • The fire sent sparks into the dark.
  • The rose bush sent out new shoots in spring.
  • The factory sent a plume of steam into the air.
  • The crowd sent up a cheer when the winner appeared.
  • The lamp sent a pale glow across the desk.
  • Wet soil sends a strong smell after rain.

Similar words

emit
release
discharge
give off
cast
produce
exude

Thrill or amuse intensely

verb
slang
slang
To delight, excite, or make someone laugh very hard, especially in the informal pattern it sends me or is sending me.

Examples

  • That ridiculous sign is sending me.
  • The saxophone solo really sends her.
  • His deadpan reply sent the whole group chat.
  • This scene sent me when I first watched it.
  • The singer's voice still sends audiences into rapture.
  • One tiny typo in the headline sent everyone laughing.

Similar words

thrill
delight
excite
amuse
crack up
floor
slay

Complete a climbing route

verb
climbing
slang
To climb a route successfully without falling or resting on the rope, especially after effort or repeated attempts.

Examples

  • She finally sent the route on her fifth try.
  • He hopes to send the boulder problem before the trip ends.
  • The climber sent a hard 5.13 after months of training.
  • They celebrated when Maya sent the overhanging project.
  • A clean sent route still needs careful belaying.
  • Rain made it impossible to send the slab that day.

Similar words

redpoint
top
complete
climb
onsight
flash

Digital transmission or button

noun
technology
neutral
An act, operation, scheduled action, or on-screen control that transmits data, email, messages, or other digital content.

Examples

  • Do not hit send until the attachment is ready.
  • The email send failed during the outage.
  • Marketing scheduled the next campaign send for Tuesday.
  • The app shows each send and receive event in the log.
  • A delayed send can stop duplicate notifications.
  • The send button turned grey after the message left the queue.

Similar words

transmission
dispatch
mailing
submission
upload
message
operation

Audio routing path

noun
audio
technical
A mixer or software route that copies part of a sound signal to an effects processor, monitor mix, return channel, or other destination.

Examples

  • Turn down the vocal send to the reverb.
  • Each channel has a separate monitor send.
  • The engineer used a post-fader send for the delay.
  • A pre-fader send kept the singer's wedge stable.
  • The drum bus feeds a shared effects send.
  • Several tracks can share one aux send in the mix.

Similar words

aux send
bus
routing
output
feed
send track
auxiliary

Successful climbing ascent

noun
climbing
slang
A clean completion of a climbing route or boulder problem without falling or resting on the rope.

Examples

  • The final send came just before sunset.
  • His first 5.14 send drew a crowd at the crag.
  • After ten sessions, the clean send felt unreal.
  • She logged the send in her climbing journal.
  • The video shows every move from warm-up to send.
  • A flash send on that problem is rare.

Similar words

ascent
redpoint
top
completion
tick
flash
onsight

Etymology

From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan, meaning to send or cause to go, with Germanic relatives such as German senden and Dutch zenden. The old core idea is making something go.

FAQ

What does send mean most often?

Send most often means to make a message, object, signal, or payment go to another person or place.

What is the past tense of send?

The past tense and past participle of send are both sent. Sended is nonstandard.

Can send be used for people?

Yes. Someone can send a person to school, work, prison, a meeting, or an errand.

What does send me mean in slang?

In slang, send me means to thrill, delight, or make someone laugh hard, as in that video is sending me.

What does send mean in climbing?

In climbing, send means to complete a route or boulder problem cleanly, and a send is that successful ascent.

What is an audio send?

An audio send is a mixer or software route that copies signal to another destination, such as reverb, delay, or a monitor mix.

What are common synonyms for send?

Common synonyms include transmit, dispatch, ship, mail, forward, relay, and direct, depending on the sense.

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Sunny Terrapin
Jul 13
the slang "this is sending me" still looks incomplete to my brain, but i see it everywhere on reels now
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Earnest Bobcat
Jun 27
Climbers are stricter about send than snowboard or MTB people. If you hung on the rope or fell, most climbers wont call it a send, but send it / full send in bike or ski talk can just mean commit to the line and see what happens.
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Coral Jay
Jul 2
yeah in MTB i hear full send even when the landing is basically a crime scene lol
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Fond Stork
Jun 25
for work email, "send it over" is just casual "send it to me" or "send it to that person". The over/on/out part usually adds direction or audience, not a whole new verb. "I will send it out" can sound like a group mailing, though, so dont use that if its only going to one person.
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