ferry

fer·ry  (fr)

v. fer·ried, fer·ry·ing, fer·ries

v.tr.

1. Nautical

a. To transport (people, vehicles, or goods) by boat across a body of water.

b. To cross (a body of water) by a ferry.

2.

a. To deliver (a vehicle, especially an aircraft) under its own power to its eventual user.

b. To transport (people or goods) by vehicle, especially by aircraft.

v.intr.

To cross a body of water on or as if on a ferry.

n. pl. fer·ries

1. Nautical

a. A ferryboat.

b. A place where passengers or goods are transported across a body of water, such as a river or bay, by a ferryboat.

2. A franchise or legal right to operate a ferrying service for a fee.

3. A service and route for delivering an aircraft under its own power to its eventual user.

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[Middle English ferien, from Old English ferian; see per-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ferry

Noun

pl -ries

1. a boat for transporting passengers and vehicles across a body of water, esp. as a regular service

2. such a service

Verb

[-ries, -rying, -ried]

1. to transport or go by ferry

2. to transport (passengers or goods) on a regular basis [Old English ferian to carry]

ferryman n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ferry - a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule ferryboat boat - a small vessel for travel on water car-ferry - a ferry that transports motor vehicles
	2.	ferry - transport by boat or aircraft         ferrying shipping, transport, transportation - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
Verb	1.	ferry - transport from one place to another navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
	2.	ferry - transport by ferry navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
	3.	ferry - travel by ferry navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

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ferry

noun 1. ferry boat, boat, ship, passenger boat, packet boat, packet

verb 2. transport, bring, carry, ship, take, run, shuttle, convey, chauffeur

Translations

ferry [ˈfɛrɪ] n (small) → barca de pasaje, balsa;

(large) (also: ferryboat) → transbordador m; ferry m

vt → transportar;

to ferry sth/sb across or over → transportar algo/a algn a la otra orilla;

to ferry sb to and fro → llevar a algn de un lado para otro

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ferry [ˈfɛrɪ] n (small) → bac m;

(large) (also: ferryboat) → ferry(-boat m) m

vt → transporter;

to ferry sth/sb across or over → faire traverser qch/qn

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ferry [ˈfɛrɪ] n (also: ferryboat) → Fähre f

vt → transportieren;

to ferry sth/sb across or over → jdn/etw übersetzen

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ferry [ˈfɛrɪ] n (small) → traghetto;

(large) (also: ferryboat) → nave f traghetto inv

vt → traghettare;

to ferry sth/sb across or over → traghettare qc/qn da una parte all'altra

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ferry

v ferry [ˈferi]

to carry (people, cars etc) from one place to another by boat (or plane) She ferried us across the river in a small boat. per veerboot vervoer يَنْقُل في المِعْبَر пренасям с лодка/самолет převézt færge; flyve übersetzen μεταφέρω transportar (paadiga, lennukiga) vedama با کشتی یا هواپیما جابجا شدن kuljettaa (faire) traverser לְהַעֲבִיר एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान पहुंचाना prevoziti, transportirati (brodom, avionom) átszállít (vkit, vmit) hajón, kompon mengangkut ferja traghettare 船で渡す 배로 건네 주다[] perkelti pārcelt (ar prāmi); pārtransportēt (ar lidmašīnu) menyeberangkan overzetten ferje, dra med ferje przewozić transportar a trece, a traversa переправлять previezť prevažati prevesti se preko reke färja, ta färjan รับส่งข้ามฟาก taşımak 用船或飛機運送 переправляти(ся) човном مسافروں اور سامان کو پانی کے پار لے جانا chuyên chở (bằng phà) 用船（或飞机）运送

n – plural ˈferries –

a boat which ferries people, cars etc from one place to another We took the cross-channel ferry. veerboot, veerbote مِعْبَر، قارِب نَقل للركّاب ферибот pramice; převozní loď; trajekt færge die Fähre φεριμπότ transbordador, ferry parvlaev کشتی مسافربر و باربر lautta bac מַעֲבּוֹרֶת बड़ी नाव, घाट skela (trajekt), brod komp feri ferja traghetto フェリーボート 나룻배, 페리, 연락선 keltas prāmis feri veerboot ferje prom barco bac, feribot паром kompa, trajekt trajekt trajekt färja เรือข้ามฟาก feribot, araba vapuru 渡船 паром, переправа через річку مسافروں اور سامان کو پانی کے پار لے جانے والی کراۓ کی کشتی phà 渡船