See convey in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
convey carry bear 1transport 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).
See convey in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To cause to come along with oneself:
bear, bring, carry, fetch, take, transport. See accompaniedTo move while supporting:
bear, carry, lug2, transport. (Informal) tote. (Slang) schlep. See overTo cause to be transferred from one to another:
hand (over), pass, transmit. See giveTo serve as a conduit:
carry, channel, conduct, transmit. See allowTo cause (a disease) to pass to another or others:
carry, communicate, give, pass, spread, transmit. See moveTo make known:
break, carry, communicate, disclose, get across, impart, pass, report, tell, transmit. See knowledgeTo put into words:
articulate, communicate, declare, express, say, state, talk, tell, utter1, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice. Idiom: give tongue (or vent) (or voice) to. See wordsTo give expression to, as by gestures, facial aspects, or bodily posture:
communicate, display, express, manifest. See show- (Law)
To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document:
cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over. (Law) alien, alienate, assign, transfer. See give, law
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