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ferry
[ fer-ee ]
noun
- a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
- a ferryboat.
- a service for flying airplanes over a particular route, especially the delivery of airplanes to an overseas purchaser or base of operations.
- the legal right to ferry passengers, cargo, etc., and to charge for the service.
verb (used with object)
- to carry or convey back and forth over a fixed route in a boat or plane.
- to fly (an airplane) over a particular route, especially for delivery.
verb (used without object)
- to go in a ferry.
ferry
/ ˈfɛrɪ /
noun
- Also calledferryboat a vessel for transporting passengers and usually vehicles across a body of water, esp as a regular service
- such a service
- ( in combination )
a ferryman
- a legal right to charge for transporting passengers by boat
- the act or method of delivering aircraft by flying them to their destination
verb
- to transport or go by ferry
- to deliver (an aircraft) by flying it to its destination
- tr to convey (passengers, goods, etc)
the guests were ferried to the church in taxis
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Other Words From
- un·ferried adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ferry1
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Example Sentences
And earlier that day, the 43-year-old had earned the précis, breaking up a skirmish by the Staten Island Ferry.
There was no trouble on the ferry as it reached Manhattan and a few of the passengers boarded the subway to the protest uptown.
As a precaution against a possible disturbance, the ferry was escorted by a police boat, its blue lights flashing.
Marine One will ferry him to JFK Airport, where Air Force One awaits.
For a more scenic journey, travel by ferry from Whittier or Valdez.
Crossing the river on a ferry, Lawrence and his escort mounted their horses and started for Platte City, but a few miles away.
Lee's army is sweeping victoriously through Maryland; Harper's Ferry taken with ten thousand prisoners.
It finally plunged sharply down to a steamboat ferry, over which we crossed the Dart and landed directly in the town.
Leaving the city, we crossed Southampton Water on a steam ferry which was guided by a chain stretched from bank to bank.
The original bridge across the Medway to Strood probably dates from the Roman period, taking the place of a ferry.
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