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Ferry Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ferry? [n] transport by boat or aircraft [n] a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule [v] travel by ferry [v] transport by ferry [v] transport from one place to another Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ferry: ferryboat \| ferrying Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ferry: access \| aeroplane \| airlift \| airplane \| aisle \| alley \| almadia \| ambulatory \| aperture \| arcade \| ark \| artery \| auxiliary \| avenue \| balloon \| barge \| be airborne \| bear \| boat \| buck \| bus \| buss \| canoe \| cargo boat \| cart \| cat \| catamaran \| channel \| cloister \| coach \| cockle \| cockleshell \| cog \| colonnade \| communication \| conduit \| connection \| convey \| coracle \| corridor \| covered way \| cruise \| cruiser \| cutter \| defile \| dinghy \| dispatch boat \| dray \| drift \| drifter \| dugout \| exit \| ferryboat \| fishing boat \| flit \| float \| fly \| ford \| funny \| gallery \| galley \| gig \| glide \| glider \| gondola \| haul \| hop \| houseboat \| hover \| hoy \| hump \| hydrofoil \| hydroplane \| inlet \| interchange \| intersection \| ja \| jet \| jolly \| jolly boat \| junction \| kayak \| lane \| launch \| lifeboat \| lighter \| longboat \| mailer \| motorboat \| navigate \| opening \| outboard \| outlet \| outrigger canoe \| overpass \| pass \| passage \| passageway \| pilot \| pilot boat \| pinnace \| piragua \| pirogue \| pontoon \| portico \| post boat \| pram \| punt \| racer \| racing shell \| raft \| railroad tunnel \| randan \| rowboat \| rowing boat \| runabout \| sail \| sailplane \| sampan \| scooter \| scow \| scull \| seaplane \| shallop \| shell \| ship \| showboat \| skiff \| sled \| sledge \| small boat \| sneakbox \| soar \| stimulating \| surfboat \| take the air \| take wing \| towboat \| traject \| trajet \| trawlboat \| trawler \| trimaran \| trow \| truck \| tug \| tugboat \| tunnel \| underpass \| van \| volplane \| wagon \| wanigan \| whaleboat \| whale-gig \| wheelbarrow \| wherry \| wing \| yawl \| yawl boat See Also \| boat \| bring \| car-ferry \| convey \| go \| locomote \| move \| shipping \| take \| transport \| transport \| transportation \| travel Ferry In Webster's Dictionary \Fer"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ferried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ferrying}.] [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See {Fare}.] To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat. \Fer"ry\, v. i. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry. They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro. --Milton. \Fer"ry\, n.; pl. {Ferries}. [OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. f["a]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f["a]hre. See {Ferry}, v. t.] 1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton. To row me o'er the ferry. --Campbell. 2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry. 3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls. {Ferry bridge}, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay. {Ferry railway}. See under {Railway}.

Ferry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ferry?

[n] transport by boat or aircraft
[n] a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
[v] travel by ferry
[v] transport by ferry
[v] transport from one place to another

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ferry: ferryboat | ferrying

Ferry In Webster's Dictionary

\Fer"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ferried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ferrying}.] [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to
go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See
{Fare}.]
To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow
water, in a boat.


\Fer"ry\, v. i.
To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.

      They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro.
                                               --Milton.


\Fer"ry\, n.; pl. {Ferries}. [OE. feri; akin to Icel.
ferja, Sw. f["a]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f["a]hre. See {Ferry},
v. t.]
1. A place where persons or things are carried across a
   river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.

         It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton.

         To row me o'er the ferry.             --Campbell.

2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over
   narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.

3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying
   passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging
   tolls.

{Ferry bridge}, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the
   transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.

{Ferry railway}. See under {Railway}.

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