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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
convey
    v 1: make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the
         message to me"
    2: 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]
    3: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: convey,
       transmit, communicate]
    4: transmit a title or property
    5: 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]
    6: 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]
    7: 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" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch]
       [ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off,
       take away]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Convey \Con*vey"\, v. i.
   To play the thief; to steal. [Cant]
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         But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat
         upon Simplicius.                         --Marston.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            I will convey them by sea in floats.  --1 Kings v.
                                                  9.
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            Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. --Shak.
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   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.
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   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.
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            The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his
            lands to feoffees in trust.           --Spenser.
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   4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to
      convey information.
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            Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound,
            but convey not thereby their thoughts. --Locke.
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   5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.]
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            I . . . will convey the business as I shall find
            means.                                --Shak.
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   6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
      [Obs.]
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   7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   Syn: To carry; transport; bear; transmit; transfer.
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Thesaurus Results for convey:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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