send
1. cause to go somewhere (Freq. 79)
- The explosion sent the car flying in the air
- She sent her children to camp
- He directed all his energies into his dissertation
• Syn:
direct
• See Also:
send away
• Derivationally related forms:
sending
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
project, cast, contrive, throw, turn,
divert, route, refer, redirect, airt, blow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place (Freq. 20)
- He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept
• Syn:
send out
• See Also:
send back
• Derivationally related forms:
sender, sending
• Hypernyms:
transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
• Hyponyms:
send in, mail out, mail, get off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place (Freq. 20)
- send me your latest results
- I'll mail you the paper when it's written
• Syn:
mail, post
• Derivationally related forms:
sendee, sender, sending, post (for: post), postage (for: post), posting (for: post), mailer (for: mail), mail (for: mail), mailing (for: mail)
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Hyponyms:
express, airmail, register, express-mail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- They send the parcel to their parents
- They send them the parcel
4. transport commercially (Freq. 14)
• Syn:
transport, ship
• See Also:
send on, send off
• Derivationally related forms:
shipment (for: ship), shipper (for: ship), shipping (for: ship), transport (for: transport), transportation (for: transport)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
barge, railroad, dispatch, despatch, send off,
forward, send on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They send the parcel to their parents
- They send them the parcel
5. transfer (Freq. 5)
- The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
• Syn:
get off, send off
• Derivationally related forms:
send-off (for: send off), sending
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. assign to a station (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
station, post, place
• Derivationally related forms:
place (for: place), station (for: station)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
garrison, fort, locate, place, site
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
7. cause to be admitted;
of persons to an institution (Freq. 3)
- After the second episode, she had to be committed
- he was committed to prison
• Syn:
commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, charge
• Derivationally related forms:
institution (for: institutionalise), institution (for: institutionalize), commitment (for: commit), committal (for: commit)
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Hyponyms:
hospitalize, hospitalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
8. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television (Freq. 2)
- We cannot air this X-rated song
• Syn:
air, broadcast, beam, transmit
• Derivationally related forms:
transmission (for: transmit), transmitter (for: transmit), beam (for: beam), broadcast (for: broadcast), broadcaster (for: broadcast), sender, air (for: air)
• Topics:
broadcast medium, broadcasting
• Hypernyms:
publicize, publicise, air, bare
• Hyponyms:
satellite, sportscast, telecast, televise, interrogate,
rerun, rebroadcast
• Cause:
air
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
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