convey

con·vey  (kn-v)

tr.v. con·veyed, con·vey·ing, con·veys

1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.

2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit: wires that convey electricity.

3. To communicate or make known; impart: "a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension" Saki.

4. Law To transfer ownership of or title to.

5. Archaic To steal.

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[Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier, from Medieval Latin convire, to escort : Latin com-, com- + via, way; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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con·veya·ble adj.

Synonyms: convey, carry, bear¹, transport, transmit
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.

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convey

Verb

1. to communicate (information)

2. to carry or transport from one place to another

3. (of a channel or path) to transfer or transmit

4. Law to transfer (the title to property) [Old French conveier]

conveyable adj
conveyor n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	convey - make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me" give thanks, thank - express gratitude or show appreciation to hint, suggest - drop a hint; intimate by a hint say - communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?" look - convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me" flash - make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts" breathe - manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit" evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" mean, intend - mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" impart, pass on, give, leave - transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"
	2.	convey - serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" express, carry measure, quantify - express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?" communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" channel, transmit, carry, impart, conduct, convey - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
	3.	convey - transfer to another; "communicate a disease" transmit, communicate communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass - transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
	4.	convey - transmit a title or property law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
	5.	convey - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" channel, transmit, carry, impart, conduct convey, express, carry - serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" bring, convey, take - 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" wash up - carry somewhere (of water or current or waves); "The tide washed up the corpse" pipe in - bring in through pipes; "Music was piped into the offices" bring in - transmit; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine" retransmit - transmit again carry - be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
	6.	convey - 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" bring, take fetch, bring, get, convey - 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" fetch - take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!" bring - be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?" carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" transit - cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" ferry - transport from one place to another bring back, take back, return - bring back to the point of departure tube - convey in a tube; "inside Paris, they used to tube mail" whisk - move somewhere quickly; "The President was whisked away in his limo" channel, transmit, carry, impart, conduct, convey - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" land - bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
	7.	convey - 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" fetch, bring, get retrieve - run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve" retrieve - go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage" channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer - send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" deliver - bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers" bring, convey, take - 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"

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convey

verb 1. communicate, impart, reveal, relate, disclose, make known, tell

verb 2. carry, transport, move, bring, support, bear, conduct, transmit, fetch

Translations

convey [kənˈveɪ] vt → transportar [+ thanks]; comunicar [+ idea]; expresar

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convey [kənˈveɪ] vt → transporter [+ thanks]; transmettre [+ idea]; communiquer

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convey [kənˈveɪ] vt (information etc) → vermitteln;

(cargo, traveller) → befördern;

(thanks) → übermitteln

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convey [kənˈveɪ] vt → trasportare [+ thanks]; comunicare [+ idea]; dare