Thesaurus: convoy

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1. v. t. To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.
2. n. The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.
3. n. 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.
4. n. A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.
5. n. Conveyance; means of transportation.
6. n. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.
7. n. a procession of land vehicles traveling together
8. n. a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships
9. n. the act of escorting while in transit
10. v. escort in transit
11. To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman. I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy. Emerson. 1. The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort. To obtain the convoy of a man-of-war. Macaulay. 2. 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. 3. A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance. When every morn my bosom glowed To watch the convoy on the road. Emerson. 4. Conveyance; means of transportation. [Obs.] Shak. 5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. Knight.
12. To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attendfor protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy.Emerson.