To carry; transport; convey.
Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant.
To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
Near-synonym: ferryboat
A surname.
A census-designated place in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States.
A township in Oceana County, Michigan, United States, named after Thomas W. Ferry.
From Middle English ferien (“to carry, convey, convey in a boat”), from Old English ferian (“to carry, convey, bear, bring, lead, conduct, betake oneself to, be versed in, depart, go”), from Proto-Wes...
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A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
It can pass the ferry backward into light.
The service constituted by this watercraft's operation; the business (company) that operates such a service.
In those days there was a ferry at Sleepytown. Modern roads and bridges for motor vehicles have rendered such local river ferries obsolete.