Word Direct Answers

What does "convey" mean?

Convey: Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 5.To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.] I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means. Shak.
  5. 6.To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. [Obs.]
  6. 7.To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  7. 8.To play the thief; to steal. [Cant] But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. Marston.

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