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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
/ ˈɛɪ /
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
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ڱ۾ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ferry1
Example Sentences
Once completed, the journey between Rødbyhavn in southern Denmark and Puttgarten in northern Germany, will take just 10 minutes by car, or seven minutes by train, replacing a 45-minute ferry voyage.
International trade spawned the use of giant cargo ships ferrying goods across the oceans in massive containers.
While the conservancy and its partners figured out what to do, rangers ferried lucerne pellets and other food to the island to help keep the giraffes alive.
Parents Michael and Shelley would be ferrying him from tennis practice to the basketball court most nights a week.
It is understood that Mr Paterson, who works for Scottish ferry operator CalMac, arrived in Rome last week on a solo trip.
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