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CONVEYING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of transferring property title from one person to another
Synonyms:
conveyance; conveyance of title; conveyancing; conveying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conveying" is a kind of...):
transfer; transference (transferring ownership)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conveying"):
delivery; legal transfer; livery (the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another)
Derivation:
convey (transmit a title or property)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb convey
Context examples:
A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance.
(Canal, NCI Thesaurus)
A bundle of neuronal fibers originating in the lumbosacral spinal cord that ascend to the ipsilateral cerebellum conveying proprioceptive information for the lower limbs and joints.
(Direct Cerebellar Tract, NCI Thesaurus)
Any of the ducts conveying bile between the liver and the intestine, including hepatic, cystic, and common bile duct.
(Bile duct, NCI Thesaurus)
Separation of dry particles into size-differentiated fraction by conveying the particles in a stream of gas.
(Air Classification Particle Sizing, NCI Thesaurus)
Catherine's silent appeal to her friend, meanwhile, was entirely thrown away, for Mrs. Allen, not being at all in the habit of conveying any expression herself by a look, was not aware of its being ever intended by anybody else; and Catherine, whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive, and who thought there could be no impropriety in her going with Mr. Thorpe, as Isabella was going at the same time with James, was therefore obliged to speak plainer.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
At a later day, I knew the language and the book; therefore, I will here quote the line: though, when I first heard it, it was only like a stroke on sounding brass to me—conveying no meaning:—"'Da trat hervor Einer, anzusehen wie die Sternen Nacht.' Good! good!" she exclaimed, while her dark and deep eye sparkled.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
As a sort of touchstone, however, she began to speak of his kindness in conveying the aunt and niece; and though his answer was in the spirit of cutting the matter short, she believed it to indicate only his disinclination to dwell on any kindness of his own.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
“Well, then,” replied Miss Crawford, laughing, “I must suppose it to be purely for the pleasure of conveying your brother, and of talking of you by the way.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Elinor contradicted it, however, very positively; and by relating that she had herself been employed in conveying the offer from Colonel Brandon to Edward, and, therefore, must understand the terms on which it was given, obliged him to submit to her authority.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
As our client wishes the delivery made as soon as possible, we shall be obliged by your having teams ready at King's Cross at the time named and forthwith conveying the goods to destination.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
