Thesaurus results for FERRIES

ferries 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ferry

as in transports

to support and take from one place to another there are shuttle buses to ferry visitors from the parking lots to the fairground

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as in boats

to travel on water in a vessel we're planning to ferry to several islands in the Lesser Antilles

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ferries

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noun

plural of ferry

as in ferryboats

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The blockage of the strait, which normally ferries 20% of the world's oil, sent global energy prices soaring. — Kevin Breuninger,spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026 Iran has effectively halted trade traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime trade route that ferries roughly 20% of the world’s petroleum. — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 The whippet-fast lift system got even more efficient this season with the introduction of the Explorer Gondola, the world’s speediest 10-person gondola that ferries skiers from base to peak on heated seats. — Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2026 In late November, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which ferries 80% of all Kazakh oil supplies from Kazakhstan to the Black Sea, said it had been attacked twice in four days. — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025 The fanciest, most famous restaurants are still doing mostly table service, but just about every other establishment has been conscripted into the army that ferries hot food out of professional kitchens and into American mouths 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025 Mirage ferries Noah to the Autobots' rendezvous point, much to Optimus Prime's dismay. — Rendy Jones August 27, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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From kitchen to table or from your house to your host’s home, this essential tool easily transports warm food thanks to oversized handles and a lid that locks into place.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
The DeKalb County School District transports more than 45,000 students each day, according to Raymond Stanley, the district's executive director of transportation and fleet.

— Jamal Goss, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of transports

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Down at the lake, boats just off the shore slowed to listen while swimmers took in the music from floaties.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Shrimp boats bob in the harbor, American flags flutter from pastel porches and old oak trees draped in Spanish moss offer cool shade.

— Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025

Definition of boats

Noun

Nothing about Capra is weirder, to be honest, than the way in which, from one film of his to the next, suicide tugs at our sleeve.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Electric tugs docked alongside an LNG carrier being loaded at the LNG Canada docks in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, July 14, 2025.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of tugs

Verb

Using a thin, shimmering strand of silk, the spider hauls itself back up.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
The industry, which hauls 70% of all freight in America, has taken the biggest hit after the war with Iran sent fuel prices soaring.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of hauls

Verb

Silver Cloud primarily sails the Arctic and Antarctica, with more exploratory itineraries in-between, like in the Middle East or Africa.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
Some of my favorites are coming back too, like El Pulpo Magnifico, Duane Flatmo's fire-breathing octopus, and the Monaco, a 40-foot ship with three masts that sails across dust instead of water.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of sails

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As Starship cruises through orbit, mission controllers will also have several opportunities to bring Starship back to Earth early if something is amiss, sending it to a splashdown in the ocean.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
There’s optimism Kansas could have an underrated defense, TCU cruises to a relative easy 30-plus points.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026

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