Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sending
1 sense of sending
Sense 1
sending -- (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))
=> causing, causation -- (the act of causing something to happen)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb send
8 senses of send
Sense 1
send, direct -- (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")
=> move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")
Phrasal Verb-> send away#2; send away#1
Sense 2
send, send out -- (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")
=> transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise -- (send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message")
Phrasal Verb-> send back#1
Sense 3
mail, post, send -- (cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written")
=> transfer -- (move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital")
Sense 4
transport, send, ship -- (transport commercially)
=> move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")
Phrasal Verb-> send on#1; send off#1
Sense 5
station, post, send, place -- (assign to a station)
=> move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")
Sense 6
send, get off, send off -- (transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia")
=> transfer -- (move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital")
Sense 7
commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge -- (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison")
=> transfer -- (move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital")
Sense 8
air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit -- (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song")
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare -- (make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare")