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Convey   /kənvˈeɪ/   Listen
Convey

verb
(past & past part. conveyed; pres. part. conveying)
1.
Make known; pass on, of information.
2.
Serve as a means for expressing something.  Synonyms: carry, express.  "His voice carried a lot of anger"
3.
Transfer to another.  Synonyms: communicate, transmit.
4.
Transmit a title or property.
5.
Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.  Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, impart, transmit.  "The airwaves carry the sound" , "Many metals conduct heat"
6.
Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.  Synonyms: bring, take.  "Take these letters to the boss" , "This brings me to the main point"
7.
Go or come after and bring or take back.  Synonyms: bring, fetch, get.  "Could you bring the wine?" , "The dog fetched the hat"



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"Convey" Quotes from Famous Books



... made to convey to us even the substance of the battle of those forty days. Such a conflict of spirit as for forty days absorbed all the human necessities of The Man in the cares of the Godhead could not be rendered into forms intelligible to us, or rather, could not be in itself intelligible to us, and therefore ...
— Unspoken Sermons - Series I., II., and II. • George MacDonald

... inside unpacking the tinned food and the wine I carried with me on a mule, I entered into conversation with the Spahi, who spoke French fairly well. He told me that he was on the way to El Arba, a long journey through the desert from Sidi-Massarli, and that his business was to convey there the man at the end of ...
— The Desert Drum - 1905 • Robert Hichens

... central division P, also constructed of netting, into which is inserted the extremity of the tube R, after being twice bent at a right angle. P is also in direct connection with the efflux tube E, E and R serving to convey the dye or bleach solutions to and from the reservoir C. The combination of the rotary motion communicated to A, which contains the goods to be dyed or bleached, with the very thorough penetration and circulation of the liquids effected by means of the vacuum established in B, is found to ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 • Various

... the dynamo machine, fixed at a convenient station and driven by a steam engine or other motor, was conveyed to a dynamo placed upon the moving car, through a central rail supported upon insulating blocks of wood, the two working rails serving to convey the return current. The line was 900 yards long, of 2 ft gauge, and the moving car served its purpose of carrying twenty visitors through the exhibition each trip. The success of this experiment soon led to the laying of the Lichterfelde line, in which both rails were placed upon insulating ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 • Various

... all as much mine as if my own individual property by the laws of the land in which I live; surrounded with books, and my children's rich library at my command; enjoying rich gospel ordinances, under a godly, gifted pastor, with pious, loving, sensible church-members; a carriage to convey me, Sabbath and week-days, to places of worship; children whose desire is that I may enjoy all these to the full without care or trouble, they caring for me; with all these a large measure of health, my eyes see my teachers, ...
— The Power of Faith - Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. • Isabella Graham


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