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fer⋅ry

  [fer-ee] noun, plural -ries, verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
2. a ferryboat.
3. a service for flying airplanes over a particular route, esp. the delivery of airplanes to an overseas purchaser or base of operations.
4. the legal right to ferry passengers, cargo, etc., and to charge for the service.
–verb (used with object)
5. to carry or convey back and forth over a fixed route in a boat or plane.
6. to fly (an airplane) over a particular route, esp. for delivery.
–verb (used without object)
7. to go in a ferry.
Origin:
bef. 1150; ME ferien, OE ferian to carry; c. ON ferja, Goth farjan; akin to fare
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fer·ry   (fěr'ē)   
v.   fer·ried, fer·ry·ing, fer·ries

v.   tr.
  1. Nautical
    1. To transport (people, vehicles, or goods) by boat across a body of water.
    2. To cross (a body of water) by a ferry.
    3. To deliver (a vehicle, especially an aircraft) under its own power to its eventual user.
    4. To transport (people or goods) by vehicle, especially by aircraft.
    1. To deliver (a vehicle, especially an aircraft) under its own power to its eventual user.
    2. To transport (people or goods) by vehicle, especially by aircraft.
v.   intr.
To cross a body of water on or as if on a ferry.
n.   pl. fer·ries
  1. Nautical
    1. A ferryboat.
    2. A place where passengers or goods are transported across a body of water, such as a river or bay, by a ferryboat.
  2. A franchise or legal right to operate a ferrying service for a fee.
  3. A service and route for delivering an aircraft under its own power to its eventual user.

[Middle English ferien, from Old English ferian; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Ferry

Fer"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferried; p. pr. & vb. n. Ferrying.] [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.] To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

Ferry

Fer"ry\, v. i. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.

They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro. --Milton.

Ferry

Fer"ry\, n.; pl. Ferries. [OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. f["a]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f["a]hre. See Ferry, v. t.]

1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.

It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton.

To row me o'er the ferry. --Campbell.

2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.

3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.

Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.

Ferry railway. See under Railway.
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Language Translation for : Ferry
Spanish: transportar,
German: übersetzen,
Japanese: 船で渡す
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ferry  (v.)
O.E. ferian "to carry, transport," from P.Gmc. *farjanan, from PIE *por- "going, passage." Related to fare (v.). The n. is c.1425, perhaps earlier and from O.N. ferju- "passage across water," ult. from the same Gmc. root. The modern n. use (1590) is a shortening of ferry boat (c.1440).
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