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DictionaryferryTransport between places
noun / verb

ferry

FAIR-ee/ˈferi/

Transport of people or goods between places, especially across water.

The ferry carries passengers across the river.

A small passenger ferry carries people across a calm river toward the opposite landing.
Etymology
ferryOld Englishto carry, transport

Old English ferian connects the name with carrying people over water, though the noun may instead derive from a related Old Norse word for a water crossing. The boat sense arose by shortening “ferry boat.”

In context

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The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connects Staten Island to Brooklyn, while the Staten Island Ferry provides free service to Lower Manhattan.
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More examples

  • Volunteers ferried supplies to the island.
  • We caught the last ferry of the evening.
  • Small boats are ferrying people to shore.

Forms

ferry · ferries · ferried · ferrying

Similar words

shuttle
Transport people repeatedly between points, not necessarily by water.
transport
Carry from one place to another generally.