Ferry

Noun

 * 1) A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule
 * 2) A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship
 * 3) The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service

Verb

 * 1) To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.

Verbs for Ferry
arouse —; bridle —; cool —; execute with—; fill with —; flush with —; inflame with—; instil —; join with —; pitch to —; quench —; replace —; shape with —; starve—; sweat with —; waste —; — animates; — boils; — blazes; — glows; — rages; — torments.

Thesaurus
towboat, traject, trajet, trawlboat, trawler, trimaran, trow, truck, tug, tugboat, tunnel, underpass, van, volplane, wagon, wanigan, whale-gig, whaleboat, wheelbarrow, wherry, wing, yawl, yawl boat, access, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, aisle, alley, almadia, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, ark, artery, auxiliary, avenue, balloon, barge, be airborne, bear, boat, buck, bus, buss, canoe, cargo boat, cart, cat, catamaran, channel, cloister, coach, cockle, cockleshell, cog, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection, convey, coracle, corridor, covered way, cruise, cruiser, cutter, defile, dinghy, dispatch boat, dray, drift, drifter, dugout, exit, ferryboat, fishing boat, flit, float, fly, ford, funny, gallery, galley, gig, glide, glider, gondola, haul, hop, houseboat, hover, hoy, hump, hydrofoil, hydroplane, inlet, interchange, intersection, ja, jet, jolly, jolly boat, junction, kayak, lane, launch, lifeboat, lighter, longboat, mailer, motorboat, navigate, opening, outboard, outlet, outrigger canoe, overpass, pass, passage, passageway, pilot, pilot boat, pinnace, piragua, pirogue, pontoon, portico, post boat, pram, punt, racer, racing shell, raft, railroad tunnel, randan, rowboat, rowing boat, runabout, sail, sailplane, sampan, scooter, scow, scull, seaplane, shallop, shell, ship, showboat, skiff, sled, sledge, small boat, sneakbox, soar, stimulating, surfboat, take the air, take wing,

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: fairy
 * Homophones: fairy
 * Homophones: fairy

Etymology
From ferian:, from. The noun developed from the verb.

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: معدية
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: veer ; veerpont
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: lautta; autolautta
 * French:
 * Georgian: ბორანი
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מעבורת (ma‘boret)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: kapal feri
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 渡し船,


 * Korean: 나룻배, 수송선
 * Malay:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: ferje
 * Persian: کشتی گذاره
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: lovenaf
 * West Frisian: fear

Anagrams

 * fryer
 * refry

Etymology
ferry:

Noun

 * 1) ferry

Derived terms

 * car-ferry