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fer·ry
 ferry
- pronunciation:
- fe
ri
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
ferries |
| definition 1: |
a boat or ship used to carry people, vehicles, and other things across a bay, river, lake, or channel.
Before the bridge was built many people took the ferry across the river.We went by ferry from the Netherlands to England. |
| definition 2: |
a business set up to carry people, vehicles, and other things across a bay, river, lake, or channel by boat or ship.
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| definition 3: |
a terminal for a ferry service.
We waited a long time at the ferry for our car to come off. |
| definition 4: |
a service for transporting, esp. planes to their overseas buyers.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
ferried, ferries, ferrying |
| definition: |
to transport (people, vehicles, goods, and the like) by boat or plane, esp. across water.
A small plane ferried tourists to the island. |
| related words: |
drive |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to cross, esp. a bay, river, or the like, by ferry.
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Are you looking for the word fairy (an imaginary creature)? Ferry and fairy sound alike but have different meanings.
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