CONVOY
\kˈɒnvɔ͡ɪ], \kˈɒnvɔɪ], \k_ˈɒ_n_v_ɔɪ]\
Definitions of CONVOY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a procession of land vehicles traveling together
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escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.
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The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.
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A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.
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A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.
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Conveyance; means of transportation.
By Oddity Software
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To accompany on the way, for protection, by sea or land; as, the fleet was conroyed into the harbor.
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A protecting force accompanying ships, goods, persons, etc.; the ships, etc., which are protected; an escort.
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Convoyed.
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Convoying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To accompany on the way for protection.
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The act of convoying: protection: that which convoys or is convoyed.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of convoying; that which convoys or is convoyed; escorted fleet or train.
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To accompany for protection; escort.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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