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Ferry

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Noun

1. ferry, ferryboat

a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule

2. ferry, ferrying

transport by boat or aircraft

Verb

3. ferry

transport from one place to another

4. ferry

transport by ferry

5. ferry

travel by ferry

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ferry

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noun plural -ries
1. Also called: ferryboat
a vessel for transporting passengers and usually vehicles across a body of water, esp as a regular service
2. 
a. 
such a service
b. 
(in combination)
a ferryman
3. 
a legal right to charge for transporting passengers by boat
4. 
the act or method of delivering aircraft by flying them to their destination
verb -ries, -rying or -ried
5. 
to transport or go by ferry
6. 
to deliver (an aircraft) by flying it to its destination
7. (transitive)
to convey (passengers, goods, etc)
the guests were ferried to the church in taxis

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Ferry

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈferried or ˈferrying
1. 
to take (people, cars, etc.) across a river or narrow body of water in a boat, raft, etc.
2. 
to cross (a river, etc.) on a ferry
3. 
to deliver (airplanes) by flying to the destination
4. 
to transport by airplane
verb intransitive
5. 
to cross a river, etc. by ferry
nounWord forms: plural ˈferries
6. 
a system for carrying people, cars, or goods across a river, etc. by boat
7. 
a boat used for this
8. 
the place where a ferry docks on either shore
9. 
the legal right to transport by ferry for a fee
10. 
the delivery of airplanes to their destination by flying them

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ferry

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v. fer·ried, fer·ry·ing, fer·ries
v.tr.
1. Nautical
a. To transport (people, vehicles, or goods) by boat across a body of water such as a river or bay.
b. To cross (a body of water) by a ferry.
2.
a. To deliver (a vehicle, especially an aircraft) under its own power to its eventual user.
b. To transport (people or goods) by vehicle, especially by aircraft.
v.intr.
1. To cross a body of water on or as if on a ferry.
2. To move laterally in a fast-moving river, as in a canoe, by keeping one's boat at an angle to the direction of flow and paddling or rowing against the current.
n. pl. fer·ries
1. Nautical
a. A ferryboat.
b. 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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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