 convey |
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| 1. | [ verb ] make known; pass on, of information | |
| Synonyms: | impart | |
| Related terms: | communicate mean express hint thank say flash look breathe sign conveyance | |
| 2. | [ verb ] serve as a means for expressing something | |
| Synonyms: | express carry | |
| Examples: | : "The painting of Mary carries motherly love" "His voice carried a lot of anger" |
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| Related terms: | communicate quantify conduct carry | |
| 3. | [ verb ] take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | |
| Synonyms: | bring take | |
| Examples: | "Bring me the box from the other room" "Take these letters to the boss" also metaphorical, as in "This brings me to the main point" |
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| Related terms: | transport transit conduct return land ferry whisk church fetch tube raise lower produce produce advance land bring bring transportation conveyer conveyer_belt come | |
| 4. | [ verb ] transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images | |
| Synonyms: | carry transmit channel conduct | |
| Examples: | "Sound carries well over water" "The airwaves carry the sound" "Many metals conduct heat" |
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| Related terms: | bring retransmit bring_in pipe_in wash_up carry carry conduction transmission conductor carry carrier_wave conductor | |
| 5. | [ verb ] transfer to another | |
| Synonyms: | transmit communicate | |
| Examples: | "communicate a disease" |
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| Related terms: | transfer communicate communication | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (law) transmit a title or property | |
| Related terms: | transfer law | |
| 7. | [ verb ] go or come after and bring or take back | |
| Synonyms: | get bring fetch | |
| Examples: | "Get me those books over there, please" "Could you bring the wine?" "The dog fetched the hat" |
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| Related terms: | take_away transmit deliver retrieve bring come | |
| Similar spelling: |
connive convoy commove comfy |
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