ferry

🇺🇸 /ˈferi/ 🇬🇧 /ˈferi/
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noun
R

A boat that carries people and things across water.

We took the ferry to cross the river.

verb
R

To carry people or things across water by boat.

He will ferry us across the lake in his boat.

R

To carry people or things from one place to another.

Parents often ferry their children to school.

translation

n. A boat that carries people and things across water.
v. To carry people or things across water by boat.; To carry people or things from one place to another.

Word Forms

Past ferried
Progressive ferrying
3rd Present ferries
Plural ferries
Perfect ferried