"sending" in the noun sense
1. sending
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
"sending" in the verb 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"
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"
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"
4. transport, send, ship
transport commercially
5. station, post, send, place
assign to a station
6. send, get off, send off
transfer
"The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
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"
8. air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit
broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
"We cannot air this X-rated song"
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