ferried; ferrying
1
a
: to carry by boat over a body of water
b
: to cross by a ferry
2
a
: to convey (as by aircraft or motor vehicle) from one place to another : transport
b
: to fly (an airplane) from the factory or other shipping point to a designated delivery point or from one base to another
: to cross water in a boat
plural ferries
1
: a place where persons or things are carried across a body of water (such as a river) in a boat
2
3
: a franchise or right to operate a ferry service across a body of water
4
: an organized service and route for flying airplanes especially across a sea or continent for delivery to the user
Examples of ferry in a Sentence
Verb
The cars were ferried across the river.
They ferry supplies to the island.
Noun
Ferries to both islands depart daily.
You can get there by ferry.
We'll meet you at the ferry.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Her father, a barber, sometimes spent the day ferrying children to the beach until everyone from the neighborhood could dip their toes in water.
—Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
Arriving goods can then be loaded onto electric vehicles and placed on smaller ferries at adjacent Piers 9a and 9b for transport to delivery locations like Pier 92 at W. 52nd St. in Manhattan.
—Tom Fox, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Videos from the site showed locals helping to ferry the injured down on makeshift stretchers, as ambulances couldn't reach the meadow.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Her father, a barber, sometimes spent the day ferrying children to the beach until everyone from the neighborhood could dip their toes in water.
—Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
Its Milan Casa Cipriani occupies a former palace, while its lower Manhattan site is housed in a converted ferry terminal.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
Arriving goods can then be loaded onto electric vehicles and placed on smaller ferries at adjacent Piers 9a and 9b for transport to delivery locations like Pier 92 at W. 52nd St. in Manhattan.
—Tom Fox, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Ferry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferry. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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ferry
1 of 2 verb
fer·ry
ˈfer-ē 
ferried; ferrying
1
a
: to carry by boat over a body of water
b
: to cross by a ferry
2
a
: to carry (as by aircraft or motor vehicle) from one place to another
b
: to deliver (an airplane) by flying it to its destination
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