Definitions of ferry [ˈfɛr i]

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Definition of 'ferry'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ferry
a service for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a comparatively small body of water.

2.  ferry
a ferryboat.

3.  ferry
a service for flying airplanes over a particular route, esp. the delivery of airplanes to an overseas destination.

4.  ferry
the legal right to ferry passengers, cargo, etc.

5. (v.t.) ferry
to carry or convey back and forth over a fixed route in a boat or plane.

6.  ferry
to fly (an airplane) over a particular route, esp. for delivery.

7. (v.i.) ferry
to go in a ferry.

Etymology: (bef. 1150; ME ferien, OE ferian to carry)

Definition of 'ferry'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ferry, ferryboat
a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule

2. (verb) ferry, ferrying
transport by boat or aircraft

3. (verb) ferry
transport from one place to another

4. (verb) ferry
transport by ferry

5. (verb) ferry
travel by ferry

Definition of 'ferry'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) ferry
a boat for carrying people, goods, and vehicles for short distances
We took a ferry across the lake.

Definition of 'ferry'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) ferry
to carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat

2. (verb) ferry
to pass over water in a boat or by a ferry

3. (verb) ferry
a place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat

4. (verb) ferry
a vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry

5. (verb) ferry
a franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls

Translation of 'ferry'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to carry (people, cars etc) from one place to another by boat (or plane) She ferried us across the river in a small boat.
Afrikaans: per veerboot vervoer	Arabic: يَنْقُل في المِعْبَر	Bulgarian: пренасям с лодка/самолет
Brazilian: transportar	Czech: převézt	German: übersetzen
Danish: færge; flyve	Greek: μεταφέρω	Spanish: transportar
Estonian: (paadiga, lennukiga) veda	Farsi: با کشتی یا هواپیما جابجا	Finnish: kuljettaa
French: (faire) traverser	Hebrew: לְהַעֲבִיר	Hindi: एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान प
Croatian: prevoziti, transportirati	Hungarian: átszállít (vkit, vmit) ha	Indonesian: mengangkut
Icelandic: ferja	Italian: traghettare	Japanese: 船で渡す
Korean: 배로 건너다	Lithuanian: perkelti	Latvian: pārcelt (ar prāmi); pārtr
Malay: menyeberangkan	Dutch: overzetten	Norwegian: ferje, dra med ferje
Polish: przewozić	Persian: با کشتی یا هواپیما جابجا	Pashto: د الوتکی او بیړی سره سفر
Portuguese: transportar	Romanian: a trece, a traversa	Russian: переправлять
Slovak: previezť	Slovenian: prevažati	Serbian: prevesti se preko reke
Swedish: färja, ta färjan	Thai: รับส่งข้ามฟาก	Turkish: taşımak
Taiwanese: 用船或飛機運送	Ukrainian: переправляти(ся) човном	Urdu: مسافروں اور سامان کو پانی
Vietnamese: chuyên chở (bằng phà)	Chinese: 用船（或飞机）运送
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