"send down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-send down.ogg Forms: sends down [present, singular, third-person], sending down [participle, present], sent down [participle, past], sent down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|send<,,sent> down}} send down (third-person singular simple present sends down, present participle sending down, simple past and past participle sent down)
  1. (transitive) To cause something or someone to pass from a higher to a lower place. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-send_down-en-verb-8fE4cJo5
  2. (cricket) To bowl. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-send_down-en-verb-L6n4kgbD Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (transitive, slang) To commit (someone) to a prison term. Tags: slang, transitive Translations (to commit to a prison term): leültet (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-send_down-en-verb-Ck4KJHfk Disambiguation of 'to commit to a prison term': 5 5 80 4 6
  4. (baseball) To demote a player within the levels of professional baseball. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-send_down-en-verb-C-2SPK9P Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (transitive, UK, Ireland, usually Oxbridge slang, dated) To suspend or expel (an undergraduate) from university. Tags: Ireland, UK, dated, transitive Categories (topical): Universities Translations (to expel from university): изключвам (izključvam) (Bulgarian), отчи́слить из университе́та (otčíslitʹ iz universitéta) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-send_down-en-verb-XA4WIw7Q Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 27 11 17 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 11 19 9 14 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 20 10 16 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 22 9 17 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 23 5 15 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 22 12 17 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 11 22 13 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 19 14 13 44 Disambiguation of 'to expel from university': 9 1 2 1 88

Inflected forms

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