send
part of speech
verb (send, sends, sent, sending)
meaning for a pupil
1) To send is to make something go to another place or person, like a letter, a parcel or a message. tree →
2) To send someone is to tell them to go somewhere: send a child to bed. tree →
3) To send something flying is to make it move fast. tree →
4) To send for someone is to ask them to come. tree →
5) To send greeting means to send a formal message wishing someone well. tree →
sense in the lessons
Everyday: send a text, send an email, send a card, send a parcel, send someone home. Safety: never send photos or your address to strangers online. In maths it is an action that moves things from one person to another: things sent leave the sender (subtract) and reach the receiver (add). Phrases: send back, send off, send out, send away.
examples
- And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying: (Torah NUM.21.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. (Torah NUM.22.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, (Torah GEN.31.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying: (Prophets 1KI.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he sent, and brought him in. (Prophets 1SA.16.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. (Prophets 2SA.12.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- She sends 5 texts a day. tree →
- He sent 12 cards to his friends. tree →
- The farm sends 40 boxes to the shop each week. tree →
- How many cards are left after he sends 7? tree →
- Mum sent me to the shop for bread. tree →
- The teacher sent a letter home to all parents. tree →
- The kick sent the ball over the fence. tree →
- Do not send your password to anyone. tree →
- “Send for the cook,” says he. tree →
note
Irregular: send, sent, sent (not «sended»). Things sent leave the sender (subtract) and reach the receiver (add). «A day» or «each week» marks a rate: total = rate × days or weeks. Trap: none. «Sent» sounds like «cent» and «scent».
In the corpora
- Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
- And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
- And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
- And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «send» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.