convoying
present participle ofconvoy
convoy
verb[T]
uk/ˈkɒn.vɔɪ/us/ˈkɑːn.vɔɪ/totravelwith avehicleorgroupofpeopleto makecertainthat theyarrivesafely:
Twotanksconvoyed thetrucksacrosstheborder.
Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
- accompany
- bring
- bringsomeone/somethingalong
- chaperone
- come along
- convoy
- direct
- docent
- drop
- guide
- lead
- march
- referral
- shepherd
- showsomeonearound (something)
- showsomeoneoversomething
- showsomeoneround(something)
- squire
- steer
- walk
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convoying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I think that at some point it became apparent to somebody that there is not much point inconvoyingships to an indefensible port.
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We have far fewer vessels forconvoying, with a possibility that they will have very much more work to do.
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I did not say there were "unnecessary" delays in theconvoying.
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You are relying upon theconvoyingcruisers to protect the merchant-men.
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The speed of the convoy protection ship does not need to be very much in excess of the maximum of the ships it isconvoying.
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There are not enough ships to provideconvoying.
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The first is byconvoyingmerchant ships.
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The answer lies onconvoyingand in sufficient escort vessels, sufficient hunting craft and aircraft, and in the closest possible co-operation between the ships and carrier-borne and land-based aircraft.
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Reference has already been made to the question ofconvoyingand protecting food-ships.
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They do a considerable amount of this work, sometimes in less dangerous circumstances than dealing with nuclear materials, such as theconvoyingof heavy goods wagons.
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Cruisersconvoyingships cannot concentrate to make a mass attack, whereas the attacking units can do so and can wipe out the convoy units one by one.
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It can also be used for the purpose ofconvoyingan army intended for the purpose of invasion or of protecting this country against such a convoy.
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This involved devising methods for countering the tactics of submarines with improvedconvoyingtechniques, optimizing depth charge patterns, and so on.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The main countermeasure wasconvoying, large groups of merchant vessels, from 20 to 100, protected by naval ships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the squadron's deployment from 1801 to 1802, it operated byconvoyingmerchant ships.
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