convey

[Con*vey·]

When you convey something, you carry or deliver it. Little Red Riding Hood conveyed a basket of muffins to her grandmother. Your sad smile might convey more about your feelings than words ever could.

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To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

Verb
make known; pass on, of information

Verb
serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger"

Verb
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"

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"

Verb
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

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Verb
transmit a title or property

Verb
transfer to another; "communicate a disease"


v. t.
To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.

v. t.
To manage with privacy; to carry out.

v. t.
To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.

v. t.
To accompany; to convoy.

v. i.
To play the thief; to steal.


Convey

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.
Convey me to my bed, then to my grave.
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.
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.
5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.]
I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means.
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.

Convey

Con*vey", v. i. To play the thief; to steal. [Cant]
But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius.

To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

To play the thief; to steal.

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Usage Examples

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.

And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.

The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.

My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

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Other Usage Examples

When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.

A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind.

Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

Not to be weird, but I still have an ongoing relationship with my mom, even though she passed away, and I've been surprised at how much I've been able to convey to her. Now I sound like a total weirdo, but that's true.

All movies aren't fun some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.

The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness.

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