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convey

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convey in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. 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"
    bring  get  convey  fetch 
  2. 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  convey  take 
  3. serve as a means for expressing something
    "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger"
    carry  convey  express 
  4. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
    "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
    impart  conduct  transmit  convey  carry  channel 
  5. transfer to another
    "communicate a disease"
    convey  transmit  communicate 
  6. make known; pass on, of information
    "She conveyed the message to me"
    convey 
  7. transmit a title or property
    convey 
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