Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
SENT
sent
(adjective) caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted
sent
(noun) 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
SEND
air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit
(verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; “We cannot air this X-rated song”
mail, post, send
(verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; “send me your latest results”; “I’ll mail you the paper when it’s written”
send, get off, send off
(verb) transfer; “The spy sent the classified information off to Russia”
station, post, send, place
(verb) assign to a station
send, send out
(verb) 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”
transport, send, ship
(verb) transport commercially
send, direct
(verb) 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”
commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
(verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; “After the second episode, she had to be committed”; “he was committed to prison”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
sent
simple past tense and past participle of send
Etymology 2
Noun
sent (plural senti)
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.
Etymology 3
Noun
sent (countable and uncountable, plural sents)
Obsolete form of scent.
Anagrams
• ENTs, NEST, Sten, TENS, ents, nest, nets, snet, tens
Source: Wiktionary
Sent, v. & n.
Definition: See Scent, v. & n. [Obs.] Spenser.
Sent,
Definition: obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Send, for sendeth.
Sent,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Send.
SEND
Send, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sent (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sending.] Etym: [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. sända, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. si, Icel. sinni a walk, journey, a time. W. hynt a way, journey, OIr. s. Cf. Sense.]
1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger. I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. Jer. xxiii. 21. I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. John viii. 42. Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. Swift.
2. To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message. He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback. Esther viii. 10. O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me. Ps. xliii. 3.
3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.
4. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. "God send him well!" Shak. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. Deut. xxviii. 20. And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matt. v. 45. God send your mission may bring back peace. Sir W. Scott.
Send, v. i.
1. To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head 2 Kings vi. 32.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts. Totten. To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought.
Send, n. (Naut.)
Definition: The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. [Written also scend.] W. C. Russell. "The send of the sea". Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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