The meaning of Ferry

Ferry – definition

noun
A boat or ship for conveying passengers and goods, especially over a relatively short distance and as a regular service.
Usage examples:
I have seen him on a ferry boat on the hudson river joke with the italian bootblacks in the neapoli…
Synonims:
Passenger boat Passenger ship Ferry boat Packet boat Packet Shuttle Car ferry Train ferry Drive-on ferry Roll-on/roll-off ferry Ship Boat Vessel Pont Traghetto

verb
Convey in a ferry or other ship or boat, especially across a short stretch of water.
Usage examples:
A black-robed priest offered what words of consolation and comfort he could to distraught onlookers…
Synonims:
Transport Convey Carry Bear Ship Run Chauffeur Take Bring Shuttle Go back and forth Come and go

noun
A boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, esp. as a regular service
Usage examples:
There’s no bridge around here, but you can take a ferry across the river., as parents, we seem to s…

noun
A boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, especially as a regular service
Usage examples:
Competition from the channel tunnel is making life hard for the ferries., gale-force winds have cut…

Ferry translation into English

Ferry: translate from English into Chinese

渡船, 摆渡, 渡, 渡口, 津, 渡过

Ferry: translate from English into Dutch

Veerboot, Overzetboot, Pont, Veer, Pontveer, Overzetten, Oversteken, Veerrecht

Ferry: translate from English into French

Traversier, Bac, Traverser par ferry, Faire passer par bateau, Droit de porter le bateau, Ferry-boat

Ferry: translate from English into German

Fähre, Übersetzen, Überführen, Überholen

Ferry: translate from English into Hindi

नौका, फेरी, नैया, बेड़ा, पटेला, ढोना, खेवा, उतरना

Ferry: translate from English into Italian

Traghetto, Traghettare, Vaporetto, Trasportare su nave traghetto

Ferry: translate from English into Korean

나룻배, 도선, 나루터, 자력 현지 수송, 페리로 건네다, 페리 등으로 건네다, 나룻배 등으로 건네다, 나룻배로 건네다, 현지까지 수송하다, 페리로 건너다, 나룻배로 건너다

Ferry: translate from English into Russian

Перевозить, Паром, Переправа, Перевоз, Ладья, Перегонять, Перегонка самолетов, Переезжать, Доставлять по воздуху

Ferry: translate from English into Spanish

Transportar, Transbordador, Barca, Balsa, Embarcadero, Transmitir

Word origin

Middle English: from Old Norse ferja ‘ferry boat’, of Germanic origin and related to fare.

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Ferry – similar words

ferri

Of iron with a valency of three; ferric.

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Ferry synonims

bear

verb
Carry the weight of; support.
Usage examples:
The bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their …

noun
A large, heavy mammal that walks on the soles of its feet, having thick fur and a very short tail. bears are related to the dog family but most species are omnivorous.
Usage examples:
Recent dna analysis indicates that giant pandas are more closely related to bears and red pandas ar…

noun
Be pregnant with

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boat

noun
A small vessel for travelling over water, propelled by oars, sails, or an engine.
Usage examples:
A fishing boat

verb
Travel in a boat for pleasure.
Usage examples:
They boated through fjords

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bring

verb
Take or go with (someone or something) to a place.
Usage examples:
She brought luke home from hospital

verb
To take or carry someone or something to a place or a person, or in the direction of the person speaking
Usage examples:
Bring me that book./bring that book to me., i brought my daughter to the office., [ m ] next time y…

verb
To make something come to a particular place, point, or level
Usage examples:
Producers need to bring oil production to levels that create more stable and more sustainable oil p…

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carry

verb
Support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.
Usage examples:
Medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher

noun
An act of carrying something from one place to another.
Usage examples:
We did a carry of equipment from the camp

verb
To transport or take from one place to another
Usage examples:
The plane carried 116 passengers and a crew of seven., would you like me to carry your bag for you?…

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chauffeur

noun
A person employed to drive a private or hired car.
Usage examples:
A chauffeur-driven limousine

verb
Drive (a car or a passenger in a car), typically as part of one's job.
Usage examples:
She insisted on being chauffeured around

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convey

verb
Transport or carry to a place.
Usage examples:
Pipes were laid to convey water to the house

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packet

noun
A paper or cardboard container, typically one in which goods are sold.
Usage examples:
One man was fined £ 25 for dropping a crisp packet from his car window

verb
Make up into or wrap up in a packet.
Usage examples:
I grew my own sunflowers and packeted the seeds

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pont

ˌpɒ̃ leɪˈvek

noun
A flat-bottomed ferry worked on cables or ropes.
Usage examples:
A wooden pont on empty oil drums has been constructed alongside the boathouse and ferries workmen a…

noun
A soft, square cheese from normandy in northern france
Usage examples:
She bought a beautiful reblochon and some ripe pont l'eveque., normandy is the home of wonderful ch…

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run

verb
Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.
Usage examples:
The dog ran across the road

noun
An act or spell of running.
Usage examples:
I usually go for a run in the morning

verb
Move fast by using one's feet

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shuttle

noun
A form of transport that travels regularly between two places.
Usage examples:
The nine o'clock shuttle from edinburgh

verb
Short for shuttlecock.

noun
A vehicle or aircraft that travels regularly between two places, carrying people or things
Usage examples:
You can take the shuttle across town., the new york to boston shuttle is usually on time., [ i ] a …

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take

verb
Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.
Usage examples:
Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun
A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.
Usage examples:
He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb
Get into one's hands

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transport

verb
Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship.
Usage examples:
The bulk of freight traffic was transported by lorry

noun
A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place.
Usage examples:
Many possess their own forms of transport

verb
To take goods or people from one place to another
Usage examples:
The movers will transport thousands of pictures, charts, and recordings to the library., in many ci…

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vessel

noun
A ship or large boat.
Usage examples:
The bridge only opens with two keys, at the moment it is high and open, which would allow ships and…

noun
A large boat or ship
Usage examples:
A scattering of vessels anchored in the harbor., we used bowls, pots, bottles, pitchers – any vesse…

noun
A large boat or a ship
Usage examples:
Two tugboats guided the 70,000 ton vessel into port., a cargo/container/freight vessel, a commercia…

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