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send in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
    "We cannot air this X-rated song"
    air  send  broadcast  beam  transmit 
  2. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
    "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
    commit  institutionalize  institutionalise  send  charge 
  3. cause to go somewhere
    "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
    send  direct 
  4. transfer
    "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
    send  get off  send off 
  5. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
    "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
    mail  post  send 
  6. assign to a station
    station  post  send  place 
  7. to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
    "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept"
    send  send out 
  8. transport commercially
    transport  send  ship 
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