convoy

[ verb kon-voi, kuh n-voi; noun kon-voi ]

/ verb ˈkɒn vɔɪ, kənˈvɔɪ; noun ˈkɒn vɔɪ /

verb (used with object)

to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.

noun

the act of convoying.

the protection provided by an escort.

a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort.

an armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, especially for protection.

any group of military vehicles traveling together under the same orders.

Citizens Band Radio Slang. two or more CB-equipped vehicles traveling together.

Origin of convoy

1325–75; Middle English convoyen < Middle French convoier, Anglo-French conveier to convey

synonym study for convoy

1. See accompany.

OTHER WORDS FROM convoy

un·con·voyed, adjective

Words nearby convoy

convoluted tubule, convolution, convolve, convolvulaceous, convolvulus, convoy, convulsant, convulse, convulsion, convulsionary, convulsive

Example sentences from the Web for convoys

The people in charge of the convoys distributed the hejab to the besieged women along with the cartons of food.

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A few miles on, a new main road was clotted with convoys of tractor-trailers.

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For an American fighter pilot, however, ISIS convoys and fortifications look like great things to bomb.

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A lengthy convoy of artillery was crossing, and behind them again were endless other convoys.

The Flaming Sword in Serbia and Elsewhere |Mabel Annie Boulton Stobart

So it was that these convoys, armed with authority more or less real, harassed and blackmailed the victims.

The Great Gold Rush |W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
Convoys which had gone towards Prizrend, had been recalled, and all were now hurrying to the Montenegrin frontier.

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They furnished a quarter of the total escorts for local Mediterranean convoys, and more than seventy per cent.

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Convoys are endless owing to overloaded mules and stragglers.

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British Dictionary definitions for convoys

convoy

/ (ˈkɒnvɔɪ) /

noun

a group of merchant ships with an escort of warships

a group of land vehicles assembled to travel together

the act of travelling or escorting by convoy (esp in the phrase in convoy)

verb

(tr) to escort while in transit

Word Origin for convoy

C14: from Old French convoier to convey

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convoy

verb (used with object)

noun

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verb

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convoy

verb (used with object)

noun

Origin of convoy

synonym study for convoy

OTHER WORDS FROM convoy

Words nearby convoy

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