What does ferry mean?
Definitions for ferry
ˈfɛr ifer·ry
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word ferry.
Princeton's WordNet
ferry, ferryboatnoun
a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
ferry, ferryingverb
transport by boat or aircraft
ferryverb
transport from one place to another
ferryverb
transport by ferry
ferryverb
travel by ferry
GCIDE
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
ferrynoun
A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
ferrynoun
A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
ferrynoun
The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.
ferryverb
To carry; transport; convey.
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.
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.
ferryverb
To pass over water in a boat.
Etymology: From ferien, from ferian, from farjanan, from per-. Cognate with dialectal feren, fähren, færge, färja, ferja. Related to fare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ferrynoun
Etymology: from the verb.
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.
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.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
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.
ChatGPT
ferry
A ferry is a type of boat or ship that is designed to transport passengers, vehicles, or goods across bodies of water, such as rivers, bays, or between islands which are too wide to construct a bridge. Ferries are an essential form of transportation in many parts of the world, and are often equipped with accommodations and amenities.
Webster Dictionary
Ferryverb
to carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat
Ferryverb
to pass over water in a boat or by a ferry
Ferryverb
a place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat
Ferryverb
a vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry
Ferryverb
a franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls
Etymology: [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.]
Wikidata
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
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
ferry
A passage across a river or branch of the sea by boat.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
ferry
A water conveyance made use of to cross a river, or branch of the sea.
Editors Contribution
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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FERRY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ferry is ranked #3467 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Ferry surname appeared 10,312 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Ferry.
91.9% or 9,482 total occurrences were White.
3.2% or 336 total occurrences were Black.
2.1% or 225 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.5% or 163 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 70 total occurrences were Asian.
0.3% or 36 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ferry' in Nouns Frequency: #2393
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Anagrams for ferry »
fryer
refry
freyr
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ferry in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ferry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of ferry in a Sentence
The people who occupied the Cooper's Ferry site pursued a hunting and gathering lifeway most likely as small groups of people, likely fewer than 25 people in a group, who made multiple movements each year to access key resources as they were available.
Now [ the Russians ] do not have the transport ability to pull up reserves from the left bank( of the river), they may continue to try to set up a ferry or pontoon crossing, but the whole area where it can be deployed is also under our fire control and will be hit.
He's not an old-style 'Euroskeptic' who takes his own tea bag with him when he gets on the channel ferry to go to some place full of ghastly foreigners, he's very good at putting the moderate case and speaking of having a relationship with Europe -- he just doesn't want Europe to be telling us what to do.
We will no longer be complicit in government policy of booking bleeding, vomiting women on interminable ferry journeys, putting their health at serious risk.
I've found Sohrab's belongings when the sunken ferry was brought to the shore, but I haven't found Sohrab.
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Translations for ferry
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- veerAfrikaans
- معديةArabic
- bərəAzerbaijani
- паро́мBelarusian
- фе́риботBulgarian
- bac, raiCatalan, Valencian
- trajektCzech
- færgeDanish
- FähreGerman
- πορθμείοGreek
- pramoEsperanto
- ferri, transbordador, ferrySpanish
- praam, parvlaevEstonian
- کشتی گذارهPersian
- autolautta, lauttaFinnish
- bac, ferryFrench
- fearWestern Frisian
- aiseagScottish Gaelic
- מעבורתHebrew
- kompHungarian
- լաստանավArmenian
- kapal, feriIndonesian
- ferjaIcelandic
- traghettoItalian
- フェリー, 渡し船, 渡船Japanese
- ბორანიGeorgian
- сал қайықKazakh
- ទូកចម្លង, កប៉ាល់ចម្លងKhmer
- 페리, 나룻배, 수송선Korean
- паромKyrgyz
- FährLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ສັດຈອງLao
- keltasLithuanian
- prāmisLatvian
- waka whakawhitiMāori
- фе́риботMacedonian
- гаталга онгоцMongolian
- feriMalay
- ferge, ferjeNorwegian
- veerboot, veerpont, veerDutch
- ferjeNorwegian Nynorsk
- tsin naaʼeeł diné bee nágéhéʼNavajo, Navaho
- promPolish
- balsaPortuguese
- bacRomanian
- паро́мRussian
- skela, скела, трајект, trajektSerbo-Croatian
- trajektSlovak
- trajektSlovene
- trapAlbanian
- färjaSwedish
- feriSwahili
- киштии гузора, паромTajik
- เรือข้ามฟากThai
- parohodTurkmen
- araba vapuruTurkish
- поро́мUkrainian
- paromUzbek
- phàVietnamese
- lovenafVolapük
- פּראָםYiddish
- 渡船Chinese
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