'Convey' definitions:
Definition of 'convey'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me"
verb
Serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" [syn: carry, convey, express]
verb
Transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: convey, transmit, communicate]
verb
Transmit a title or property
verb
Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel]
verb
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" [syn: bring, convey, take]
verb
Definition of 'Convey'
From: GCIDE
- Convey \Con*vey"\ (k[o^]n*v[=a]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conveyed (k[o^]n*v[=a]d"); 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. [1913 Webster]
- I will convey them by sea in floats. --1 Kings v. 9. [1913 Webster]
- Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information. [1913 Webster]
- Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
- Syn: To carry; transport; bear; transmit; transfer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Convey'
From: GCIDE
- Convey \Con*vey"\, v. i. To play the thief; to steal. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
- But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. --Marston. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'convey'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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