ferry
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.
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.
to go in a ferry.
Origin of ferry
1Other words from ferry
- un·fer·ried, adjective
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How to use ferry in a sentence
The progress of the caravan of SUVs and buses ferrying the embassy staff out to Tunisia was monitored in real-time in Washington.
U.S. Diplomats and Marines Close Embassy and Flee Libya Fighting | Jamie Dettmer | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe took up with the militia just two months ago and was caught ferrying ammunition to snipers, he said.
Despite Pledge, Syrian Rebels Continue to Torture | Jamie Dettmer | August 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen Young was put in charge of ferrying the pregnant Hunter form rental house to rental house until she gave birth.
Pakistan allows passage of the endless convoys ferrying critical U.S. war supplies from Karachi up into Afghanistan.
And were it not that you have done me the courtesy of ferrying me over this narrow passage, you should rue your wish.'
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
"Posin's done ferrying now," said Dan Rudder, one of the defunct's old companions in the service of Roughgrove.
Wild Western Scenes | John Beauchamp JonesFor on a certain day the voice of one asking for ferrying had struck on his ears.
The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran | AnonymousSo Father Derlon was kept very busy ferrying peasants and stray soldiers from bank to bank.
Our Part in the Great War | Arthur GleasonI decided he must be one of that company of smugglers who were ferrying refugees into Britain despite the strictest watch.
Greener Than You Think | Ward Moore
British Dictionary definitions for ferry
/ (ˈfɛrɪ) /
Also called: ferryboat 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
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
Origin of ferry
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