Definitions for Ferry
ˈfɛr ifer·ry

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ferry, ferryboatnoun

   a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule

2. ferry, ferryingverb

   transport by boat or aircraft

3. ferryverb

   transport from one place to another

4. ferryverb

   transport by ferry

5. ferryverb

   travel by ferry

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ferryverb

   To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a vehicle; as, part of her day was spent ferrying the kids to and from school.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ferrynoun

   A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

2. ferrynoun

   A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.

3. ferrynoun

   The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.

4. ferryverb

   To carry; transport; convey.

5. ferryverb

   To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.

   Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant.

6. ferryverb

   To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.

7. ferryverb

   To pass over water in a boat.

8. Etymology: From ferien, from ferian, from farjanan, from per-. Cognate with dialectal feren, fähren, færge, färja, ferja. Related to fare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ferrynoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A vessel of carriage; a vessel in which goods or passengers are carried over water.

   By this time was the worthy Guyon brought
   Unto the other side of that wide strand,
   Where she was rowing, and for passage sought:
   Him needed not long call, she soon to hand
   Her ferry brought. Fairy Queen, b. ii. cant. 6.

   There went a ferryboat to carry over the king’s houshold. 2 Sa. xix. 18.

   Bring them with imagin’d speed
   Unto the Traject, to the common ferry
   Which trades to Venice. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   I went down to the river Brent in the ordinary ferry. Addis.

   2. The passage over which the ferryboat passes.

2. To FERRYverb

   To carry over in a boat.

   Etymology: faran, to pass, Saxon; fahr, German, a passage. Stephen Skinner imagines that this whole family of words may be deduced from the Latin veho.

   Cymocles heard and saw,
   He loudly call’d to such as were aboard,
   The little bark unto the shore to draw,
   And him to ferry over that deep ford. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

3. To Ferryverb

   To pass over water in a vessel of carriage.

   Thence hurried back to fire,
   They ferry over this Lethæan sound
   Both to and fro, their sorrow to augment. John Milton, Par. Lost.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ferry

   A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Mediterranean Sea) may also be called ferry services, and many carry vehicles.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ferryverb

   to carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat

2. Ferryverb

   to pass over water in a boat or by a ferry

3. Ferryverb

   a place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat

4. Ferryverb

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

5. Ferryverb

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

6. Etymology: [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ferry

   A ferry is a boat or ship used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. However, ship connections of much larger distances may also be called ferry services, especially if they carry vehicles.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ferry

   fer′i, v.t. to carry or convey over a water in a boat:—pr.p. ferr′ying; pa.p. ferr′ied.—n. a place where one is carried by boat across a water: the right of conveying passengers: the ferry-boat.—ns. Ferr′iage, provision for ferrying: the fare paid for such; Ferr′y-boat; Ferr′y-man. [A.S. ferian, to convey, faran, to go; Ger. fähre, a ferry—fahren, to go, to carry.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ferry

   A passage across a river or branch of the sea by boat.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ferry

   A water conveyance made use of to cross a river, or branch of the sea.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ferry

   A type of vehicle and form of transport.

   The ferry is always on time and a very efficient form of transport.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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1. ferry

   The ferry symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the ferry symbol and its characteristic.

Matched Categories

1. • Convey
   • Navigation
   • Transport
   • Travel

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Ferry' in Nouns Frequency: #2393

Anagrams for Ferry »

1. fryer

2. refry

3. freyr

How to pronounce Ferry?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ferry in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ferry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Ferry in a Sentence

1. Michael Romei:

   A simple thing a lot of people don't think about is a boat ride... on the Staten Island Ferry, staten Island Ferry runs every 30 minutes practically 24 hours a day and Staten Island Ferry's free of charge.

2. Donald Trump:

   We are incredibly proud to host the finest women's professional golfers in the world at Trump Ferry Point, Trump Ferry Point, a big thank you to the City of New York and to the Parks Department for their support and approval.

3. Mahdi Babika Mohamed:

   We come from a country in war to another war here in Patras, every day I try to get on the ferry and it's dangerous hiding under the trucks, I could die any minute.

4. Bob Barnes:

   It’s taken a lot of logistical doing to figure out the ferries themselves, mine is for July 22 and then the next ferry leaves in three weeks. So if I don’t make that one, I’ve got to wait three weeks.

5. Ann Furedi:

   We will no longer be complicit in government policy of booking bleeding, vomiting women on interminable ferry journeys, putting their health at serious risk.

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