Overview of noun sending

The noun sending has 1 sense

• sending -- (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Overview of verb send

The verb send has 8 senses

• 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")


• 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")


• 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")


• transport, send, ship -- (transport commercially)


• station, post, send, place -- (assign to a station)


• send, get off, send off -- (transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia")


• 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")


• air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit -- (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song")