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Noun sending has 1 sense
  1. sending - the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
    --1 is a kind of     causing, causation
    --1 has particulars: transmission, transmittal, transmitting
    Derived forms: verb send1, verb send2, verb send6, verb send3
,Verb send has 8 senses
  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"
    --1 is one way to move, displace
    Derived form: noun sending1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  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"
    --2 is one way to transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
    Derived forms: noun sender1, noun sending1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
    Somebody ----s something PP
  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"
    --3 is one way to transfer
    Derived forms: noun sendee1, noun sender1, noun sending1
    Sample sentences:
    They send the parcel to their parents
    They send them the parcel
  4. transport, send, ship - transport commercially
    --4 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentences:
    They send the parcel to their parents
    They send them the parcel
  5. station, post, base, send, place - assign to a station
    --5 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
  6. send, get off, send off - transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
    --6 is one way to transfer
    Derived form: noun sending1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  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"
    --7 is one way to transfer
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
  8. air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit - broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"
    --8 is one way to publicize, publicise, air, bare
    Derived form: noun sender2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
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