convey Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make known; pass on, of information
    • She conveyed the message to me
  2. verb serve as a means for expressing something
    carry; express.
    • The painting of Mary carries motherly love
    • His voice carried a lot of anger
  3. verb transfer to another
    transmit; communicate.
    • communicate a disease
  4. verb transmit a title or property
  5. verb transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
    impart; carry; conduct; transmit; channel.
    • Sound carries well over water
    • The airwaves carry the sound
    • Many metals conduct heat
  6. verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
    bring; take.
    • Bring me the box from the other room
    • Take these letters to the boss
    • This brings me to the main point
  7. verb go or come after and bring or take back
    bring; fetch; get.
    • Get me those books over there, please
    • Could you bring the wine?
    • The dog fetched the hat

WordNet

Con*vey" transitive verb
Etymology
OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL. conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See Viaduct, Voyage, and cf. Convoy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Conveyed ; present participle & verbal noun Conveying
Definitions
  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.
Con*vey" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To play the thief; to steal. Cant
    But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. Marston.

Webster 1913