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CONVOY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of escorting while in transit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("convoy" is a kind of...):

accompaniment; escort (the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them)

Derivation:

convoy (escort in transit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("convoy" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Derivation:

convoy (escort in transit)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A procession of land vehicles traveling together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("convoy" is a kind of...):

procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)

Derivation:

convoy (escort in transit)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Escort in transit

Example:

the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "convoy" is one way to...):

escort (accompany as an escort)

"Convoy" entails doing...:

protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

convoy (the act of escorting while in transit)

convoy (a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships)

convoy (a procession of land vehicles traveling together)

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