convoy

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1. convoy - Noun

2. convoy - Verb

3. Convoy - Proper noun

Meaning

To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.

The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.

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.

A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.

Conveyance; means of transportation.

A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.

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But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and six-the swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace. John Adams

Can one be a follower of Jesus Christ... and have countries attacked. The lives, reputations and possessions of people destroyed and on the slight chance of the presence of a few criminals in a village, city, or convoy for example, the entire village, city or convoy set ablaze. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone Source: Internet

the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific Source: Internet

A bombing in the Afghan capital on Wednesday targeted the convoy of the country’s first vice president, killing 10 people and wounding more than a dozen others, including several of the vice president’s bodyguards, the Interior Ministry said. Source: Internet

According to aides of the senator, a car ran into another vehicle right in front of the senator's convoy while heading to Mubi. Source: Internet

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