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Send Away

Definition: Send Away

Send Away

Verb

1. Stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock".

2. Terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Send Away

Synonyms: can (v), dismiss (v), drop (v), fire (v), force out (v), give notice (v), give the axe (v), sack (v), send packing (v), terminate (v). (additional references)
Antonym: hire (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Send Away

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Abrogation

Dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get rid of; (eject); bounce; fire, fire out; sack.

Contempt

Turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon; tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot; spurn, kick; fling to the winds; (repudiate); send away with a flea in the ear.

Discourtesy

Cut; turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel; give the cold shoulder; keep at a distance, keep at arm's length; look cool upon, look coldly upon, look black upon; show the door to, send away with a flea in the ear.

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Humility

Render humble; humble, humiliate; let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to the blush; confuse, ashame, mortify, disgrace, crush; send away with a flea in one's ear.

Recession

Verb: repel, push from, drive apart, drive from; chase, dispel; retrude; abduce, abduct; send away; repulse.

Keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear.

Refusal

Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Send Away

English words defined with "send away": CassTo put out to nurse, To put to nurse. (references)
Etymologies containing "send away": Adlegation. (references)

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Modern Usage: Send Away

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Do you buy all these books retail or do you send away for, like, a shrink kit that comes with all these volumes included? (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Send Away

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Send away the handwringers and the doubting Thomases.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Send Away

Expressions using "send away": send away for send away with a flea in one's ear send away with a flea in the ear. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Send Away

Language Translations for "send away"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

уволнявам (boot, cast, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense, drop, fire, grass, lay off, muster out, release, relieve, remove, retire, sack, separate, shelve, turn away), отпращам (ask for leave, dismiss, kiss off, pack off, refer, send off, send packing, turn, turn away), изгонвам (cast off, chase, clear off, dispossess, drive away, drive out, eject, evict, feeze, hunt out, lay, oust, put out, run off, see off, send out, send packing, shoot out, spurn, throw out, thrust out, turf out, turn away, turn out). (various references)

   

French

  

faire partir, envoyer (send, send in, send off), congédier. (various references)

   

German

  

wegschicken (dismiss, get away, move away, move off, send off, turn away). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

απολύω (disband, discharge, dismiss, dismiss from, fire, release, sack, unbind, uncage, unhand, unleash, unloose). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"פטיר (dismiss, let go, release, sack, say), לסלק (banish, clear, clear away, dismiss, eliminate, get rid of, remove, take away, throw out, work off). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

elküld (despatch, dispatch, lay off, send, send off, to despatch, to disband, to discard, to expedite, to forward, to order off, to remit, to send away, to send down, to send off, to ship, to shop, to turn away, to turn off, to write off), elbocsát (disband, discharge, dismiss, displace, fire, give the sack, lay off, remove, send off, to disband, to discard, to dismiss, to lay off, to pay off, to pipe down, to send away, to send off, to shelve, to shop, to turn away, to turn off, to unhand). (various references)

   

Italian

  

mandare via (bundle off, dismiss), allontanare (avert, depart, estrange, go off, remove, stave off, turn away). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

追い"す (to send away, to turn away), 取り寄せる (to order, to send away for). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おいかえす (to send away, to turn away), とりよせる (to order, to send away for). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cur yn bayr da, cur ersooyl (discharge, dismiss, give away, put away). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

endsay awayay

   

Romanian

  

trimite la plimbare, goni (banish, career, chase, course, dash, discard, dismiss, dispel, drive, flap away, Hunt, pack off, send, shoo, start, sweep), alunga (banish, bar, cast out, chase away, dislodge, dismiss, drive away, eject, exorcise, exorcize, expel, hound, remove). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

poručiti (bespeak, commission, order, send out), otpustiti (depressurize, discharge, dismiss, fire, lay off, release, turn off), oterati (drive away, drive off, repudiate). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

expedir (abandon, abdicate, deal with, dismiss, dispatch, draw up, expedite, give up, issue, leave, make out, register, send, send off, ship, ship off, turn away), enviar (consign, despatch, dismiss, dispatch, envoy, extend, forward, remit, send, send off, ship, tap out, transmit, turn away), echar (add, affix, blow, blow out, bud, cast, cast up, chuck, chuck out, detrude, draw, drop, eject, fall back, fasten, kick out, lay, order off, order out, oust, post, pour, pump, push out, put, put down as, put forth, put on, put out, send, send forth, send out, shoot, shoot forth, shoot out, sick, tack on, tell off, throw, throw away, throw in, throw on, throw out, throw up, tick off, tip, toss, toss away, toss over, turf out, turn out). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avvisa (disallow, dismiss, meet, overrule, rebuff, reject, repulse, set aside, spurn, throw over, turn away, turn down, wave aside). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

uzaklaştırmak (can, cast out, deport, estrange, remove, rout out, rout up, suspend, uproot), kovmak (ax, axe, banish, boot, bounce, can, cashier, cast out, chuck out, dislodge, dismiss, drive away, drive out, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, exclude, exile, expel, fend off, fire, get rid of, give smb. the bag, give smb. the chuck, give smb. the gate, give smb. the push, give the sack, kick out, make a clean sweep of, order away, order out, out, pack off, repulse, sack, shoo, shoo away, show out, show smb. the door, show the door, turf out, turn away, turn out), göndermek (address, bundle off, conjure away, consign, dispatch, expedite, forward, freight, order away, refer, relegate, remit, route, send, send forth, send off, send out, ship, ship off, transmit). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

відсилати (bundle, order, pack off, relegate, send off, ship off, trundle), проганяти (boo, chase, dismiss, drive, drive away, eject, turn away). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Send Away

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

abegit, abigantur, abigebat, abigerunt, absentes, amiserat, amisi, amisso, amittere, amittes, amittit, amitto, dimiserant, dimiserat, dimiseratis, dimiseris, dimiserit, dimiseritis, dimisero, dimiserunt, dimiseruntque, dimisi, dimisimus, dimisissem, dimisisses, dimisisset, dimisisti, dimisistis, dimisit, dimisitque, dimissa, dimissam, dimissi, dimissis, dimisso, dimissum, dimissus, dimittam, dimittamini, dimittantur, dimittas, dimittat, dimittatis, dimittatur, dimitte, dimittebantur, dimittemus, dimittendi, dimittens, dimittent, dimittentes, dimittentur, dimittere, dimitteremus, dimitterentur, dimitteres, dimitteret, dimittes, dimittesque, dimittet, dimittetis, dimittetur, dimitteturque, dimitti, dimittimus, dimittis, dimittit, dimittite, dimittitis, dimittitur, dimitto, dimittunt, dimittuntur. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Send Away

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 6, Verse 37
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPan o didwsin moi o pathr proV eme hxei kai ton ercomenon proV me ou mh ekbalw exw
Latin405VulgateOmne quod dat mihi Pater ad me veniet et eum qui venit ad me non eiciam foras
Old English990West SaxonEall þæt se fæder me syllð cymð to me. & ic ne werpe ut þone þeto me cymð;
Middle English1395WyclifAl thing, that the fadir yyueth to me, schal come to me; and Y schal not caste hym out, that cometh to me.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAll that the father geveth me shall come to me: and him yt cometh to me I cast not awaye.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAll that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Victorian English1833WebsterAll that the Father giveth me, shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise reject.
Basic English1964OgdenWhatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Send Away

LanguageJohn Chapter 6, Verse 37
CebuanoAng tanan nga gihatag kanako sa Amahan moari gayud kanako, ug siya nga moari kanako dili ko gayud igasalikway.
CroatianSvi koje mi daje Otac doæi æe k meni, i onoga tko doðe k meni neæu izbaciti;
DanishAlt, hvad Faderen giver mig, skal komme til mig; og den, som kommer til mig, vil jeg ingenlunde kaste ud.
DutchAl wat Mij de Vader geeft, zal tot Mij komen; en die tot Mij komt, zal Ik geenszins uitwerpen.
FinnishKaikki, minkä Isä antaa minulle, tulee minun tyköni; ja sitä, joka minun tyköni tulee, minä en heitä ulos.
FrenchTous ceux que le Père me donne viendront moi, et je ne mettrai pas dehors celui qui vient moi;
GermanAlles, was mir mein Vater gibt, das kommt zu mir; und wer zu mir kommt, den werde ich nicht hinausstoßen.
HungarianMinden, a mit nékem ád az Atya, én hozzám jõ; és azt, a ki hozzám jõ, semmiképen ki nem vetem.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSemua orang yang diberikan Bapa kepada-Ku akan datang kepada-Ku. Aku tidak akan menolak siapa pun yang datang kepada-Ku.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSegala sesuatu yang Bapa karuniakan kepada-Ku, itulah juga akan datang kepada-Ku, dan orang yang datang kepada-Ku, sekali-kali tiada Aku akan menolak dia.
LatvianVisi, ko Tçvs man dod, nâks pie manis; un kas pie manis nâk, to es laukâ nedzîðu.
MaoriKo a te Matua e homai ai ki ahau ka haere katoa mai ki ahau; a ki te haere mai tetahi ki ahau, e kore rawa e panga e ahau ki waho.
NorwegianAlle de som Faderen gir mig, kommer til mig, og den som kommer til mig, vil jeg ingenlunde støte ut;
PortugueseTodo o que o Pai me dá virá a mim; e o que vem a mim de maneira nenhuma o lançarei fora.   
RumanianTot ce-Mi dq Tatql, va ajunge la Mine; wi pe cel ce vine la Mine, nu -l voi izgoni afarq:
RussianчУЕ, ЮФП "БЕФ нОЕ пФЕ", ЛП нОЕ ТЙ"ЕФ; Й ТЙИП"СЭЕЗП ЛП нОЕ ОЕ ЙЪЗПОА ЧПО,
ShuarAshí shuaran winia Apar tsankatrukarmiania nu, Wíi shuar ajasartatui. Winin winiana Núnaka penké nakitrashtatjai.
SpanishTodo lo que el Padre me da vendrá a mí; y al que a mí viene, jamás lo echaré fuera.
SwahiliWote anaonipa Baba watakuja kwangu; nami sitamtupa nje yeyote anayekuja kwangu,
SwedishAllt vad min Fader giver mig, det kommer till mig; och den som kommer till mig, honom skall jag sannerligen icke kasta ut.
UmaHawe'ea tauna to nawai' -maka Tuama-ku, bate tumai hi Aku'. Pai' hema-hema to tumai hi Aku', bate kutarima-i pai' uma-i kupopalai.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Send Away

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-n-s-w-y"

-1 letter: endways, weasand.

-2 letters: dewans, sawney, seawan, seaway, snawed, swayed, yawned.

-3 letters: ansae, awned, dawen, dawns, deans, dewan, dynes, nadas, newsy, sandy, saned, sawed, sedan, sewan, wades, wands, waned, wanes, waney, weans, wends, wynds, yawed, yawns, yeans.

-4 letters: anas, ands, anes, anew, ansa, asea, away, awed, awes, awns, awny, ayes, dawn, daws, days, dean, dens.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-n-s-w-y"
 

+3 letters: waywardness.

 

+5 letters: waywardnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Speeches
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Bible Trace
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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