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Convey
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What's The Definition Of Convey?
[v] make known; pass on, of information
[v] serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger" [v] go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [v] take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [v] transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [v] (law) transmit a title or property [v] transfer to another; "communicate a disease" Synonyms | Synonyms for Convey: bring | bring | carry | communicate | fetch | get | impart | take | transmit Related Terms | Find terms related to Convey: abalienate | alien | alienate | amortize | articulate | assign | barter | bear | bequeath | break | breathe | broadcast | buck | canalize | carry | cede | channel | channelize | chime | chorus | come out with | commit | communicate | conduct | confer | consign | deed | deed over | deliver | demise | devolve upon | disclose | disseminate | emit | enfeoff | enunciate | exchange | express | ferry | fling off | fly | formulate | freight | funnel | get across | get over | give | give expression | give out with | give title to | give tongue | give utterance | give voice | give word | hand | hand down | hand on | hand over | hump | impart | leave word | let out | lift | lip | lug | make known | make over | manhandle | negotiate | out with | pack | pass | pass along | pass on | pass over | phonate | phrase | pipe | pour forth | present | project | pronounce | put across | put forth | put in words | put through | raise | relegate | remise | render | report | say | sell | send | send word | set forth | settle | settle on | share | share with | sign away | sign over | signal | siphon | sound | surrender | take | tell | throw off | tote | trade | traject | transfer | transmit | transport | trench | turn over | utter | verbalize | vocalize | voice | waft | whisk | whisper | wing | word See Also | advance | breathe | bring back | bring down | bring forward | bring in | bring on | bring out | bring up | carry | channel | channel | channelise | channelize | church | come | come | come up | come up | communicate | conduct | deliver | elevate | evince | express | ferry | flash | get down | get up | give thanks | hint | intend | intercommunicate | land | let down | lift | look | lower | mean | measure | pass | pass on | pipe in | produce | put across | put down | quantify | raise | retransmit | retrieve | return | say | show | suggest | take back | take down | thank | transfer | transfer | transit | transmit | transmit | transport | transport | tube | wash up | whisk Convey In Webster's Dictionary \Con*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conveyed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Conveying}.] [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy,
F. convoyer, LL. conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See
{Viaduct}, {Voyage}, and cf. {Convoy}.]
1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.
I will convey them by sea in fleats. --1 Kings v.
9.
Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. --Shak.
2. To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to
serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or
person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound;
words convey ideas.
3. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as
property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate)
or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing.
The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his
lands to feoffees in trust. --Spenser.
4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to
convey information.
Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound,
but convey not thereby their thoughts. --Locke.
5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.]
I . . . will convey the business as I shall find
means. --Shak.
6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
[Obs.]
7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: To carry; transport; bear; transmit; trnsfer.
\Con*vey"\, v. i. To play the thief; to steal. [Cant] But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. --Marston. |
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