| conveyance | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. conveyance | document effecting a property transfer. |
| ~ legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. |
| ~ quitclaim, quitclaim deed | document transferring title or right or claim to another. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (communication) | 2. conveyance, impartation, imparting | the transmission of information. |
| ~ transmission | communication by means of transmitted signals. |
| ~ giving | the imparting of news or promises etc..; "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. conveyance, transport | something that serves as a means of transportation. |
| ~ dolly | conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects. |
| ~ dolly | conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted. |
| ~ horsebox | a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses. |
| ~ instrumentation, instrumentality | an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end. |
| ~ litter | conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers. |
| ~ mail | a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system. |
| ~ public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail or freight. |
| ~ roll-on roll-off | a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination. |
| ~ cargo ships, merchant vessels, merchant marine, shipping | conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry. |
| ~ sidecar | conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle. |
| ~ ski lift, ski tow, lift | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill. |
| ~ telfer, telpher | one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage. |
| ~ trailer | a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor. |
| ~ aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway | a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers. |
| ~ vehicle | a conveyance that transports people or objects. |
| n. (act) | 4. conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying | act of transferring property title from one person to another. |
| ~ transference, transfer | transferring ownership. |
| ~ legal transfer, livery, delivery | the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another. |
| n. (act) | 5. conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation | the act of moving something from one location to another. |
| ~ movement | the act of changing the location of something.; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |
| ~ transshipment | the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment. |
| ~ airlift, lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). |
| ~ connexion, connection | shifting from one form of transportation to another.; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" |
| ~ bringing, delivery | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).; "his reluctant delivery of bad news" |
| ~ drive | the act of driving a herd of animals overland. |
| ~ carry | the act of carrying something. |
| ~ pickup | the act of taking aboard passengers or freight. |
| ~ lighterage | the transportation of goods on a lighter. |
| ~ relocation, resettlement | the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind). |
| ~ teleportation | a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another. |
| delivery | | |
| n. (act) | 1. bringing, delivery | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).; "his reluctant delivery of bad news" |
| ~ transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport | the act of moving something from one location to another. |
| ~ airdrop | delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft.; "until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop" |
| ~ consignment | the delivery of goods for sale or disposal. |
| ~ handing over, passage | the act of passing something to another person. |
| ~ post | the delivery and collection of letters and packages.; "it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post" |
| ~ service of process, serving, service | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone.; "he accepted service of the subpoena" |
| n. (event) | 2. delivery | the event of giving birth.; "she had a difficult delivery" |
| ~ nascence, nascency, nativity, birth | the event of being born.; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" |
| n. (communication) | 3. delivery, manner of speaking, speech | your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally.; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" |
| ~ expressive style, style | a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period.; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" |
| ~ address | the manner of speaking to another individual.; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain" |
| ~ catch | a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion). |
| ~ paralanguage, paralinguistic communication | the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings. |
| ~ tongue | a manner of speaking.; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue" |
| ~ shibboleth | a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people. |
| ~ tone, tone of voice | the quality of a person's voice.; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" |
| ~ elocution | an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture. |
| ~ prosody, inflection | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language. |
| ~ inflection, modulation | a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified. |
| n. (act) | 4. delivery, legal transfer, livery | the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another. |
| ~ surrender | the delivery of a principal into lawful custody. |
| ~ conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, conveyance | act of transferring property title from one person to another. |
| ~ bailment | the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee. |
| n. (act) | 5. delivery, pitch | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| ~ balk | an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base. |
| ~ ball | a pitch that is not in the strike zone.; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" |
| ~ beanball, beaner | a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head. |
| ~ change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball. |
| ~ breaking ball, curve ball, bender, curve | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter. |
| ~ duster | a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter. |
| ~ fastball, heater, hummer, bullet, smoke | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity.; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" |
| ~ knuckleball, knuckler | a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin. |
| ~ overhand pitch | a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder. |
| ~ passed ball | a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base. |
| ~ screwball | a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown. |
| ~ sinker | a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate. |
| ~ spitball, spitter | an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it. |
| ~ strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders.; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" |
| ~ submarine ball, submarine pitch | a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead. |
| ~ wild pitch | an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| n. (act) | 6. deliverance, delivery, rescue, saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger.; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" |
| ~ recovery, retrieval | the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost). |
| ~ lifesaving | saving the lives of drowning persons.; "he took a course in lifesaving" |
| ~ redemption, salvation | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. |
| ~ reclamation, reformation | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course.; "the reclamation of delinquent children" |
| ~ salvage | the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire. |
| ~ salvage | the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction. |
| ~ salvation | saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation.; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern" |
| ~ search and rescue mission | a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them. |
| n. (act) | 7. delivery, obstetrical delivery | the act of delivering a child. |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| ~ breech birth, breech delivery, breech presentation | delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first. |
| ~ abdominal delivery, c-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way). |
| ~ forceps delivery | delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries. |
| ~ midwifery | assisting women at childbirth. |
| ~ accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth | the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child. |
| transport | | |
| n. (process) | 1. transport | an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes. |
| ~ active transport | transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy. |
| ~ diffusion | (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration. |
| ~ passive transport | transport of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion; expenditure of energy is not required. |
| n. (act) | 2. shipping, transport, transportation | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials. |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ air transport, air transportation | transportation by air. |
| ~ navigation | ship traffic.; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" |
| ~ hauling, trucking, truckage | the activity of transporting goods by truck. |
| ~ freight, freightage | transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates. |
| ~ expressage, express | rapid transport of goods. |
| ~ ferrying, ferry | transport by boat or aircraft. |
| ~ on-line, online | on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system.; "on-line industries" |
| ~ off-line | not on a regular route of a transportation system.; "an off-line ticket office" |
| n. (state) | 3. ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, raptus, transport | a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture" |
| ~ emotional state, spirit | the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection).; "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. tape drive, tape transport, transport | a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder. |
| ~ mechanism | device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function. |
| ~ tape deck | electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system. |
| ~ tape machine, tape recorder | a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape. |
| v. (motion) | 5. transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ sluice | transport in or send down a sluice.; "sluice logs" |
| ~ float | set afloat.; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" |
| ~ ferry | transport by ferry. |
| ~ wheelbarrow | transport in a wheelbarrow. |
| ~ raft | transport on a raft.; "raft wood down a river" |
| ~ bus | send or move around by bus.; "The children were bussed to school" |
| ~ pipe | transport by pipeline.; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert" |
| ~ freight | transport commercially as cargo. |
| ~ truck | convey (goods etc.) by truck.; "truck fresh vegetables across the mountains" |
| ~ rail | convey (goods etc.) by rails.; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium" |
| ~ sledge | transport in a sleigh. |
| ~ lighter | transport in a flatbottom boat. |
| ~ pick up | give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift.; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" |
| ~ wheel around, wheel | wheel somebody or something. |
| ~ carry over | transport from one place or state to another.; "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal" |
| ~ advect | convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid.; "energy advected from the environment" |
| ~ teleport | transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another. |
| v. (contact) | 6. carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| ~ carry | pass on a communication.; "The news was carried to every village in the province" |
| ~ shoulder | carry a burden, either real or metaphoric.; "shoulder the burden" |
| ~ port | carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons.; "port a rifle" |
| ~ carry | propel or give impetus to.; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" |
| ~ bear | move while holding up or supporting.; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" |
| ~ bucket | carry in a bucket. |
| ~ return | make a return.; "return a kickback" |
| ~ pipe in | transport to a destiny through pipes.; "We have to pipe in oil" |
| ~ port | carry, bear, convey, or bring.; "The small canoe could be ported easily" |
| ~ porter | carry luggage or supplies.; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists" |
| ~ pack | carry, as on one's back.; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" |
| ~ cart | transport something in a cart. |
| ~ fly | transport by aeroplane.; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" |
| ~ haul | transport in a vehicle.; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market" |
| ~ lug, tote, tug | carry with difficulty.; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ chariot | transport in a chariot. |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport | hold spellbound. |
| ~ delight, please | give pleasure to or be pleasing to.; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" |
| v. (motion) | 8. send, ship, transport | transport commercially. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ barge | transport by barge on a body of water. |
| ~ railroad | transport by railroad. |
| ~ despatch, dispatch, send off | send away towards a designated goal. |
| ~ forward, send on | send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit.; "forward my mail" |
| v. (contact) | 9. channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport | send from one person or place to another.; "transmit a message" |
| ~ fetch, bring, get, convey | go or come after and bring or take back.; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" |
| ~ project | transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another. |
| ~ propagate | transmit.; "propagate sound or light through air" |
| ~ translate | bring to a certain spiritual state. |
| ~ release, turn | let (something) fall or spill from a container.; "turn the flour onto a plate" |
| ~ send out, send | to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place.; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| deliver | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. deliver, present | deliver (a speech, oration, or idea).; "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| ~ speechify | make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality.; "These ministers speechify on every occasion" |
| v. (contact) | 2. deliver | bring to a destination, make a delivery.; "our local super market delivers" |
| ~ fetch, bring, get, convey | go or come after and bring or take back.; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" |
| ~ misdeliver | deliver to the wrong address. |
| ~ swear out, process, serve | deliver a warrant or summons to someone.; "He was processed by the sheriff" |
| ~ unload, drop off, put down, set down, discharge, drop | leave or unload.; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" |
| ~ consign | send to an address. |
| v. (possession) | 3. deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in | to surrender someone or something to another.; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ bail | deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period. |
| ~ give away | formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father. |
| v. (social) | 4. deliver, rescue | free from harm or evil. |
| ~ salvage, salve, save, relieve | save from ruin, destruction, or harm. |
| ~ reprieve | relieve temporarily. |
| ~ bring through, carry through, pull through, save | bring into safety.; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" |
| v. (social) | 5. deliver, deport, extradite | hand over to the authorities of another country.; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" |
| ~ expel, kick out, throw out | force to leave or move out.; "He was expelled from his native country" |
| ~ repatriate | send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees. |
| v. (communication) | 6. deliver, render, return | pass down.; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" |
| ~ communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass | transmit information.; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" |
| v. (communication) | 7. deliver | utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.).; "The students delivered a cry of joy" |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| v. (social) | 8. deliver, redeem, save | save from sins. |
| ~ organized religion, religion, faith | an institution to express belief in a divine power.; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" |
| v. (possession) | 9. deliver, drive home | carry out or perform.; "deliver an attack"; "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left" |
| ~ give | cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense.; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold" |
| ~ land | deliver (a blow).; "He landed several blows on his opponent's head" |
| v. (possession) | 10. cede, deliver, give up, surrender | relinquish possession or control over.; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ yield up | surrender, as a result of pressure or force. |
| ~ sell | give up for a price or reward.; "She sold her principles for a successful career" |
| ~ sign away, sign over | formally assign ownership of.; "She signed away her rights" |
| v. (contact) | 11. deliver, pitch | throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball.; "The pitcher delivered the ball" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (body) | 12. bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ conceive | become pregnant; undergo conception.; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" |
| ~ twin | give birth to twins. |
| ~ drop | give birth; used for animals.; "The cow dropped her calf this morning" |
| ~ foal | give birth to a foal.; "the mare foaled" |
| ~ cub | give birth to cubs.; "bears cub every year" |
| ~ kitten | have kittens.; "our cat kittened again this year" |
| ~ lamb | give birth to a lamb.; "the ewe lambed" |
| ~ litter | give birth to a litter of animals. |
| ~ pup, whelp | birth.; "the dog whelped" |
| ~ farrow, pig | give birth.; "sows farrow" |
| ~ fawn | have fawns.; "deer fawn" |
| ~ have young, calve | birth.; "the whales calve at this time of year" |
| ~ have a bun in the oven, gestate, expect, bear, carry | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ have a bun in the oven, gestate, expect, bear, carry | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ produce, bring forth | bring forth or yield.; "The tree would not produce fruit" |
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