send

[send]Nautical

verb (used without object), sent, send·ing, noun

scend.

scend

or send

[send]Nautical

verb (used without object) (of a vessel)

to heave in a swell.
to lurch forward from the motion of a heavy sea.

noun

the heaving motion of a vessel.
the forward impulse imparted by the motion of a sea against a vessel.

Origin of scend

1615–25; cf. send²; perhaps aphetic variant of ascend, descend

Can be confusedscend send

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British Dictionary definitions for send's

scend

send

nautical

verb scends, scending, scended, sends, sending or sent

(of a vessel) to surge upwards in a heavy sea

noun

the upward heaving of a vessel pitching
the forward lift given a vessel by the sea

Word Origin for scend

C17: perhaps from descend or ascend

send

verb sends, sending or sent

(tr) to cause or order (a person or thing) to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another placeto send a letter; she sent the salesman away
(when intr, foll by for;; when tr, takes an infinitive) to dispatch a request or command (for something or to do something)he sent for a bottle of wine; he sent to his son to come home
(tr) to direct or cause to go to a place or pointhis blow sent the champion to the floor
(tr) to bring to a state or conditionthis noise will send me mad
(tr; often foll by forth, out, etc) to cause to issue; emithis cooking sent forth a lovely smell from the kitchen
(tr) to cause to happen or comemisery sent by fate
to transmit (a message) by radio, esp in the form of pulses
(tr) slang to move to excitement or rapturethis music really sends me
send someone about his business to dismiss or get rid of someone
send someone packing to dismiss or get rid of (someone) peremptorily

noun

another word for swash (def. 4)

Word Origin for send

Old English sendan; related to Old Norse senda, Gothic sandjan, Old High German senten

send

verb, noun sends, sending or sent

a variant spelling of scend

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Word Origin and History for send's

send

Old English sendan "send, send forth; throw, impel," from Proto-Germanic *sandijan (cf. Old Saxon sendian, Old Norse and Old Frisian senda, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch senden, Dutch zenden, German senden, Gothic sandjan), causative form of base *sinþan, denoting "go, journey" (source of Old English sið "way, journey," Old Norse sinn, Gothic sinþs "going, walk, time"), from PIE root *sent- "to head for, go" (cf. Lithuanian siusti "send;" see sense (n.)).

Also used in Old English of divine ordinance (e.g. godsend, from Old English sand "messenger, message," from Proto-Germanic *sandaz "that which is sent"). Slang sense of "to transport with emotion, delight" is recorded from 1932, in American English jazz slang.