v. 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"

v. 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"

v. assign to a station

v. transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"

v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

adv. indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"

adv. from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"

adv. in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"

adj. used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"

adj. away from home or business: "has been out all day"; "out to lunch"

adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"

adj. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"

v. direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

v. pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

v. live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"

v. inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

v. be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?"

v. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"

v. hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"

v. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"

v. put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"

v. put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

v. provide housing for (military personnel)

v. provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"

v. set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

v. move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"

v. attach to; "affix the seal here"

v. found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

v. give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

v. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

v. put into commission; equip for service; of ships

v. enter into a contractual arrangement

v. hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

v. provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"

v. fill with people; "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"

v. put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"

v. sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"

v. begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

v. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

v. give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

v. make a thrusting forward movement

v. hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

v. swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"

v. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

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

adj. very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"

adj. most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"

adj. remote; "far-flung corners of the Empire"

adj. happening in or being of another town or city; "an out-of-town tryout"; "an out-of-town school"

adj. distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"

adj. outside regular school hours: "a special after-school class"

adj. (prefix) outside or outer: "ectoderm"

adj. (prefix) outside or beyond: "an extrauterine pregnancy"

adj. outside the regular duties of your job or profession

adj. outside the regular academic curriculum; "sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities"

adj. (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"

v. cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"

adj. used of your own ground; "a home game"