Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - send

~ v past tense and past participle sent 1 »BY POST/RADIO ETC« to arrange for something to go or be taken to another place, especially by post  (send sb a letter/message/card)  (Honestly, I get tired of sending Christmas cards. | send sth to)  (Send your bill to the above address. | send sth by post/sea/air etc)  (It will get there quicker if you send it by airmail. | send a letter/message/card)  (I sent her a message to say that I'd be late. | send a signal)  (Radio signals were sent into deep space. | send sth back/up/over etc)  (I've ordered some coffee to be sent up here.) 2 »SEND SB TO DO STH« to tell someone to go somewhere, usually so that they can do something for you there  (Who sent you? | Richard couldn't come so he sent his sister instead. | send sb to)  (The United Nations will send troops to the region. | send sb around/over/home etc)  (At noon the principal sent everyone home. | send sb to do sth)  (I sent Jean to go get some more butter.) 3 »SEND SB TO STAY« SOMEWHERE T always + adv/prep to arrange for someone to go somewhere and spend some time there  (send sb to)  (I'd never send my kids to boarding school. | People get sent to jail for doing stuff like that! | send sb on sth)  (We want to send you on a short management course.) 4 send your love/regards/best wishes etc to ask someone to give your greetings, good wishes etc to someone else  (Mother sends her love.) 5 »AFFECT SOMEONE« to affect someone's feelings or condition  (send sb to/into)  (His boring speeches always send me to sleep. | send sb (=make them feel extremely happy))  (Oh, doesn't his music just send you?) 6 send sb/sth flying/sprawling/reeling etc to make someone or something move quickly through the air  (The explosion sent glass flying everywhere.) 7 send out/up/forth etc to make something come out of itself  (The fire was sending up thick clouds of smoke.) 8 send word to tell someone something by sending them a letter or message  (send word (to sb) that)  (Somebody should send word that Rhoda's ill. | send word through sb)  (Send word through Davies that we need more supplies.) 9 send sb packing also send sb about their business informal to tell someone who is not wanted that they must leave at once send away phr v 1 T send someone away) to send someone to another place  (I was sent away to school at the age of seven.) 2 send away for sth to order something to be sent to you by post  (Send away for your free poster.) send sth back phr v to return something to where it came from  (The steak was completely raw so I sent it straight back.) send down phr v 1 T send something down) to make something lose value  (Reports of the company's bad trading figures sent its share prices down.) 2 T send someone down) BrE informal to send someone to prison  (Do you think he'll be sent down for it?) 3 be sent down BrE to be told to leave a university because of bad behaviour send for sb/sth phr v 1 to ask or order someone to come to you by sending them a message  (Should I send for a doctor? | send for help)  (Quick - go send for help.) 2 to ask or order that something be brought or sent to you  (We'll have to send for the spare parts.) send sth in phr v 1 to send something, usually by post, to a place where it can be dealt with  (I sent in a couple of job applications last week.) 2 to send soldiers, police etc somewhere to deal with a very difficult or dangerous situation  (It's time to send in the troops.) send off phr v 1 T send something off) to send something somewhere by post  (I sent off the check this morning.) 2 send off for sth to order something to be sent to you by post  (I'd better send off for an application form.) 3 T send someone off) to send someone to another place  (We sent the kids off to their grandparents this morning.) 4 T send someone off) BrE to order a sports player to leave the field because they have broken the rules send sth on phr v 1 especially BrE to send someone's letters or possessions to their new address from their old address; forward3 (1) AmE  (My flatmate said she'd send on all my post.) 2 to send something that has been received to another place so that it can be dealt with  (The data is then sent on to the Census Bureau.) send out phr v 1 T send something/someone out) to send something from a central point to various other places  (Make sure you send out the invitations in good time. | Search parties were sent out to look for survivors.) 2 (send something out) to broadcast or produce a signal, light, sound etc  (The ship is sending out an SOS signal.) 3 send out for sth to ask a restaurant or food shop to deliver food to you at home or at work  (Halfway through the meeting we sent out for sandwiches.) send up phr v T send something/someone up) 1 to make something increase in value  (The shortage is bound to send prices up.) 2 BrE informal to show how silly something is by copying it in a very funny way  (The film sends up all those Hollywood disaster movies.)