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| fer·ry [ férree ] |
noun (plural fer·ries) |
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1. boat making regular short crossings: a boat used to transport passengers, vehicles, or goods across water, especially one operating regularly across a river or narrow channel
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2. commercial transport service: a commercial service transporting passengers, vehicles, or goods across water
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3. place where ferry berths: a place where passengers, vehicles, or goods are transported across water by ferry
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4. right to operate ferry: a legal right to operate and charge for a ferry service
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verb (past and past participle fer·ried, present participle fer·ry·ing, 3rd person present singular fer·ries) |
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1. transitive verb transport somebody or something by ferry: to transport somebody or something across water by ferry
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2. intransitive verb go by ferry: to travel by ferry
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3. transitive verb transport passengers: to transport passengers or goods back and forth by any vehicle
  He had to ferry his children to school every morning.
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4. transitive verb deliver aircraft: to deliver an aircraft by flying it to its operator
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| [14th century. < Old Norse ferja, or stem of ferjuskip "ferryboat," ferjukarl "ferryman" < Germanic] |
