6 VERB To send someone or something into a particular state means to cause them to go into or be in that state. □ [V n + into ] My attempt to fix it sent Lawrence into fits of laughter. □ [V n v-ing] …before civil war and famine sent the country plunging into anarchy. □ [V n adj] An obsessive search for our inner selves, far from saving the world, could send us all mad.
7 to send someone to Coventry → see Coventry
8 to send someone packing → see pack
▸ send away for → see send for 2
▸ send down
1 PHRASAL VERB [usu passive] If a student is sent down from their university or college, they are made to leave because they have behaved very badly. [BRIT ] □ [be V -ed P ] She wondered if he had been sent down for gambling. in AM, use be expelled 2 PHRASAL VERB [usu passive] If someone who is on trial is sent down , they are found guilty and sent to prison. [BRIT ] □ [be V -ed P ] The two rapists were sent down for life in 1983. in AM, use send up
▸ send for
1 PHRASAL VERB If you send for someone, you send them a message asking them to come and see you. □ [V P n] I've sent for the doctor.
2 PHRASAL VERB If you send for something, you write and ask for it to be sent to you. □ [V P n] Send for your free catalogue today.
▸ send in
1 PHRASAL VERB If you send in something such as a competition entry or a letter applying for a job, you post it to the organization concerned. □ [V P n] Applicants are asked to send in a CV and a covering letter. [Also V n P ]
2 PHRASAL VERB When a government sends in troops or police officers, it orders them to deal with a crisis or problem somewhere. □ [V P n] He has asked the government to send in troops to end the fighting. [Also V n P ]
▸ send off
1 PHRASAL VERB When you send off a letter or package, you send it somewhere by post. □ [V P n] He sent off copies to various people for them to read and make comments. [Also V n P ]
2 PHRASAL VERB [usu passive] If a football player is sent off , the referee makes them leave the field during a game, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules. □ [be V -ed P ] The player was sent off for arguing with a linesman.
3 → see also sending-off
▸ send off for → see send for 2
▸ send on PHRASAL VERB If you send on something you have received, especially a document, you send it to another place or person. □ [V n P ] We coordinate the reports from the overseas divisions, and send them on to headquarters in Athens. [Also V P n]
▸ send out
1 PHRASAL VERB If you send out things such as letters or bills, you send them to a large number of people at the same time. □ [V P n] She had sent out well over four hundred invitations that afternoon. [Also V n P ]
2 PHRASAL VERB To send out a signal, sound, light, or heat means to produce it. □ [V P n] The crew did not send out any distress signals. [Also V n P ]
3 PHRASAL VERB When a plant sends out roots or shoots, they grow. □ [V P n] If you cut your rubber plant back, it should send out new side shoots. [Also V n P ]
▸ send out for PHRASAL VERB If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you. □ [V P P n] Let's send out for a pizza and watch a film.
▸ send up
1 PHRASAL VERB If you send someone or something up , you imitate them in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V n P ] You sense he's sending himself up as well as everything else. □ [V P n] …a spoof that sends up the macho world of fighter pilots.
2 → see also send-up
3 PHRASAL VERB [usu passive] If someone who is on trial is sent up , they are found guilty and sent to prison. [AM ] □ [be V -ed P ] If I'm going to be sent up for killing one guy, then I might as well kill three more. in BRIT, use send down
send|er /se ndə r / (senders ) N‑COUNT The sender of a letter, package, or radio message is the person who sent it. □ [+ of ] The sender of the best letter every week will win a cheque for £20.
se nding-o ff (sendings-off ) N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] If there is a sending-off during a game of football, a player is told to leave the field by the referee, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules. □ He is about to begin a three-match ban after his third sending-off of the season.
se nd-off (send-offs ) N‑COUNT [usu adj N ] If a group of people give someone who is going away a send-off , they come together to say goodbye to them. [INFORMAL ] □ All the people in the buildings came to give me a rousing send-off.
se nd-up (send-ups ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A send-up is a piece of writing or acting in which someone or something is imitated in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [+ of ] The film was a send-up of Airport and other disaster movies.
Sen|ega|lese /se n I gəliː z/ (Senegalese )
1 ADJ Senegalese means belonging or relating to Senegal, or to its people or culture. □ …the Senegalese navy.
2 N‑COUNT A Senegalese is a Senegalese citizen, or a person of Senegalese origin.
se|nile /siː na I l/ ADJ If old people become senile , they become confused, can no longer remember things, and are unable to look after themselves. ● se|nil|ity /s I n I l I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □ The old man was showing unmistakable signs of senility.