ferry

6 definitions found

ferry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ferry \Fer"ry\, n.; pl. Ferries. [OE. feri; akin to Icel.
     ferja, Sw. f[aum]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f[aum]hre. See
     Ferry, v. t.]
     1. A place where persons or things are carried across a
        river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
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              It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton.
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              To row me o'er the ferry.             --Campbell.
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     2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over
        narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
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     3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying
        passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging
        tolls.
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     Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the
        transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.
  
     Ferry railway. See under Railway.
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  Ferry \Fer"ry\ (f[e^]r"r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferried
     (-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Ferrying.] [OE. ferien to
     convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to
     ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.]
     1. To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other
        narrow water, in a boat.
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     2. 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.
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  Ferry \Fer"ry\, v. i.
     To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
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           They ferry over this Lethean sound
           Both to and fro.                         --Milton.
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ferry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ferry
      n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of
           water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: ferry,
           ferryboat]
      2: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: ferry, ferrying]
      v 1: transport from one place to another
      2: transport by ferry
      3: travel by ferry

ferry - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Ferry, AK (CDP, FIPS 25220)
    Location: 63.92788 N, 149.13023 W
    Population (1990): 56 (33 housing units)
    Area: 225.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

ferry - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  160 Moby Thesaurus words for "ferry":
     access, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, aisle, alley, almadia,
     ambulatory, aperture, arcade, ark, artery, auxiliary, avenue,
     balloon, barge, be airborne, bear, boat, buck, bus, buss, canoe,
     cargo boat, cart, cat, catamaran, channel, cloister, coach, cockle,
     cockleshell, cog, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection,
     convey, coracle, corridor, covered way, cruise, cruiser, cutter,
     defile, dinghy, dispatch boat, dray, drift, drifter, dugout, exit,
     ferryboat, fishing boat, flit, float, fly, ford, funny, gallery,
     galley, gig, glide, glider, gondola, haul, hop, houseboat, hover,
     hoy, hump, hydrofoil, hydroplane, inlet, interchange, intersection,
     ja, jet, jolly, jolly boat, junction, kayak, lane, launch,
     lifeboat, lighter, longboat, mailer, motorboat, navigate, opening,
     outboard, outlet, outrigger canoe, overpass, pass, passage,
     passageway, pilot, pilot boat, pinnace, piragua, pirogue, pontoon,
     portico, post boat, pram, punt, racer, racing shell, raft,
     railroad tunnel, randan, rowboat, rowing boat, runabout, sail,
     sailplane, sampan, scooter, scow, scull, seaplane, shallop, shell,
     ship, showboat, skiff, sled, sledge, small boat, sneakbox, soar,
     stimulating, surfboat, take the air, take wing, towboat, traject,
     trajet, trawlboat, trawler, trimaran, trow, truck, tug, tugboat,
     tunnel, underpass, van, volplane, wagon, wanigan, whale-gig,
     whaleboat, wheelbarrow, wherry, wing, yawl, yawl boat