All 3 Uses of
convey
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- Most of them bore the mark DALE on them; which did not convey much to most of the hobbits, but they all agreed they were marvellous crackers.
Chpt 1.1convey = communicate or express
- On September 20th two covered carts went off laden to Buckland, conveying the furniture and goods that Frodo had not sold to his new home, by way of the Brandywine Bridge.
Chpt 1.3 *conveying = transporting
- Maps conveyed nothing to Sam's mind, and all distances in these strange lands seemed so vast that he was quite out of his reckoning.
Chpt 2.3 *conveyed = communicated or expressed
Definitions:
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(1)
(convey as in: convey her thoughts) communicate or express
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(2)
(convey as in: convey title to the property) to give or transfer -- especially legal title
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(3)
(convey as in: convey her safely to) transportToday, this sense of convey is seldom seen outside of historic literature.
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and then probably in classic literature), conveyance can refer to a carriage or other means of transportation.