<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>The act of convoying.</li><li>The protection provided by an escort.</li><li>A ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort.</li><li>An armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, especially for protection.</li><li>Any group of military vehicles traveling together under the same orders.</li><li>Citizens Band Radio Slang: two or more CB-equipped vehicles traveling together.</li></ul>