Tra từ send - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

send [send sends sent sending] BrE [send] NAmE [send] verb (sent, sentBrE [sent] ; NAmE [sent] )

BY MAIL/RADIO
1. to make sth go or be taken to a place, especially by post/mail, email, radio, etc
•~ sth to send a letter/package/cheque/fax/email
• She sent the letter by airmail.
• (BrE)to send sth by post
• (NAmE)to send sth by mail
•~ sth to sb A radio signal was sent to the spacecraft.
•The CD player was faulty so we sent it back to the manufacturers.
•Have you sent a postcard to your mother yet?
•~ sb sth Have you sent your mother a postcard yet?
•I'll send you a text message.

MESSAGE
2. to tell sb sth by sending them a message
•~ sth My parents send their love.
•~ sth to sb What sort of message is that sending to young people?
•~ sb sth He sent me word to come.
•~ sth (that)… She sent word (that) she could not come.
•~ to do sth (formal)She sent to say that she was coming home.

SB SOMEWHERE
3. to tell sb to go somewhere or to do sth; to arrange for sb to go somewhere
•~ sb Ed couldn't make it so they sent me instead.
•~ sb + adv./prep. She sent the kids to bed early.
•to send sb to prison/boarding school
•We are being sent on a training course next month.
•~ sb to do sth I've sent Tom to buy some milk.

MAKE STH MOVE QUICKLY
4. to make sth/sb move quickly or suddenly
•~ sth/sb doing sth Every step he took sent the pain shooting up his leg.
• The punch sent him flying.
•~ sth/sb + adv./prep. The report sent share prices down a further 8p.

MAKE SB REACT
5. to make sb behave or react in a particular way
•~ sb to sth Her music always sends me to sleep.
•~ sb into sth Her account of the visit sent us into fits of laughter.
•~ sb + adj. All the publicity nearly sent him crazy.
more at send sb to Coventry at ↑Coventry, give/send my love to sb at ↑love _n., these things are sent to try us at ↑thing
Idiom: ↑send somebody packing
Derived: ↑send away ▪ ↑send for somebody ▪ ↑send for something ▪ ↑send forth something ▪ ↑send off ▪ ↑send out for something ▪ ↑send somebody down ▪ ↑send somebody forth ▪ ↑send somebody in ▪ ↑send somebody off ▪ ↑send somebody up ▪ ↑send something in ▪ ↑send something off ▪ ↑send something on ▪ ↑send something out
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English sendan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden.

Thesaurus:
send verb
1. T
•I sent Amy a postcard.
address • • forward • • send sth on • |BrE post • |especially AmE mail • |formal, especially business dispatch •
send/address/forward/send on/post/mail/dispatch sth to sb
send/address/forward/send on/post/mail/dispatch a letter
send/address/post/mail a/an invitation/package/parcel/postcard/reply
2. T
•Such behaviour sends the wrong message to young people.
convey • • communicate • • relay • • get sth across • • pass sth on • • transmit • • spread • • repeat • |formal impart •
send/convey/communicate/relay/get across/pass on/transmit/spread/repeat/impart sth to sb
send/convey/communicate/relay/get across/pass on/transmit/spread/repeat/impart a message
3. T
•She was sent to prison for two years.
post • • station • • assign • • put • • place • |formal dispatch •
send/post/assign/dispatch sb to a place
send/assign/dispatch sb to do sth
send/station/assign/dispatch a force
send/post/station sb abroad/overseas

Example Bank:
•Ed couldn't make it so they sent me instead.
•I've just got to send this email and I'll be with you.
•I've sent Tom to buy some milk.
•My parents send their love.
•Send it by mail.
•She sent word that she could not come.
•The judge sent her to prison for two years.
•What sort of message is the irresponsible behaviour of these celebrities sending to young people?