conveying
/kənˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
conveying is the present participle and gerund of convey.
Meaning of convey
Verb
convey (third-person singular simple present conveys, present participle conveying, simple past and past participle conveyed)
- To move (something) from one place to another.
- Air conveys sound. Water is conveyed through the pipe.
- To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
- Convey me to my bed, then to my grave:
Love they to live that love and honour have.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
- Convey me to my bed, then to my grave:
- To communicate; to make known; to portray.
- to convey an impression; to convey information
- To transfer legal rights (to).
- He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.
- To manage with privacy; to carry out.
- I shall so conuey my matters, that he shall dysclose all together hym selfe, what busynesse is betwene you […]1557, uncredited translator, A Mery Dialogue by Erasmus, London: Antony Kytson
- To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
- Suppose you are good at the lift, who be more cunning then we women, in that we are more trusted, for they little suspect vs, and we haue as close conueyance as you men, though you haue Cloakes, we haue skirts of gownes, handbaskets, the crownes of our hattes, our plackardes, and for a need, false...1592, Robert Greene, A Disputation betweene a Hee Conny-Catcher and a Shee Conny-Catcher, London: T. Gubbin
Questions about conveying
- What is conveying the present participle and gerund of?
- Conveying is the present participle and gerund of convey.
- How do you pronounce conveying?
- Conveying is pronounced /kənˈveɪ.ɪŋ/.
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