ferries Definition

ferries ferry

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ferry
noun ferries

1. A boat that carries passengers and often cars across a river or strip of water, especially as a regular service.

Thesaurus: barge, ferryboat, packet boat.
Form: ferryboat (also)
2. The service thus provided.
3. The place or route where a ferryboat runs.
4. The right to provide a ferry service.

verb ferries, ferried, ferrying

tr & intr
1. To transport or go by ferry.

Form: ferry across (sometimes)
2. To convey (passengers, goods, etc) in a vehicle.

Example: He ferried them to school each day
Thesaurus: transport, shuttle, taxi, chauffeur, convey, ship, drive, carry, run, move.
3. To deliver (an aircraft coming from a factory) to its destination under its own power.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon ferian to convey.