What does ferrying mean?

Definitions for ferrying
fer·ry·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ferry, ferryingnoun

    transport by boat or aircraft

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  1. ferrying

    Ferrying refers to the act of transporting people, goods, or vehicles across a body of water, such as a lake or river, using a ferry or other similar type of water vessel. It can also more broadly refer to the act of transporting or delivering something from one place to another.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ferrying

    of Ferry

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ferrying in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ferrying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ferrying in a Sentence

  1. Alexander Zakharchenko:

    While we still have time before the spring, new detachments will be able to receive military training, we expect mobilization to yield at least five additional brigades five motorized brigades, one artillery brigade and a tank brigade. The Ukrainian rearguard for the Debaltseve front in Artemivsk, the home of one of the country's best-selling sparkling wines, looks increasingly like a garrison town. Auto-mechanics and tire shops have seen a sharp pick-up in business repairing damaged vehicles brought in by soldiers. Abandoned Soviet-era plants have been converted into bases. The local stadium is used as a landing pad for helicopters ferrying out the wounded. Many troops are nervous, jumpy and ill-tempered. On Wednesday, a group of irregulars detained a group of international journalists in the center and threatened to escort them out of the town if they took pictures of military equipment. The cannonades are fainter in Artemivsk, but they can still be heard. The significance of that is lost on few.

  2. President Tayyip Erdogan:

    Anyone ferrying wood to the Syrian fire will find themselves burning. It is a friendly warning.

  3. Ranjana Deswal:

    Their taxis on all-India permit have been ferrying customers point-to-point in Delhi in violation of the rules.

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