To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit: wires that convey electricity.
To communicate or make known; impart: "a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension"(Saki).
Law To transfer ownership of or title to.
Archaic To steal.
[Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier, from Medieval Latin conviāre, to escort : Latin com-, com- + via, way; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
con·vey'a·ble adj.
Synonyms: These verbs refer to movement from one place to another. Convey often implies continuous, regular movement or flow: Pipelines convey water.
The word also means to serve as a medium for delivery or transmission: A fleet of trucks will convey the produce to the market. Carry often means to support something while moving: The train carries baggage, mail, and passengers.
The term can also refer to conveyance through a channel or medium: Nerve cells carry and receive nervous impulses. Bear strongly suggests the effort of supporting an important burden: The envoy bore the sad news. Transport is largely limited to the movement over a considerable distance: Huge tankers are used to transport oil. Transmit refers to passing along, sending, or communicating something: Please transmit the stock certificates by special messenger.
The word also means to serve as a medium for the movement of physical phenomena such as light, electricity, or sound: "The motion is transmitted from particle to particle, to a great distance" (Thomas H. Huxley).
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. conveier, from O.Fr. convoier "to escort," from V.L. *conviare "to accompany on the way," from L. com- "together" + via "way, road." It was a euphemism for "steal" 15c.-17c., which helped broaden its meaning.
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]
3.
transfer to another; "communicate a disease"
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]
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]
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] [ant: bear away]
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. --1 Kings v. 9. Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. --Shak. 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. --Spenser. 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. --Locke. 5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.] I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means. --Shak. 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.
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