send

Definition

To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

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- (“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 sende (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”), Icelandic senda (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.

Example Sentences

• "Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee."
• "She sends me a letter every month."
• "Some hooligan sent a brick flying through the window, and the bang sent us running out of the building."