Ferry

Definitions

1. A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. A census-designated place in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States.
   countable, uncountable
4. A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
5. A township in Oceana County, Michigan, United States, named after Thomas W. Ferry.
   countable, uncountable
6. The service constituted by this watercraft's operation; the business (company) that operates such a service.
7. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio, United States.
   countable, uncountable
8. The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service: a right of ferry.

Equivalents

51 more languages

Afrikaansveer

العربيةالعبّارةعبارةمعدية

Azərbaycan dilibərə

Българскиферибот

བོད་སྐད།གྲུ་ཤན

Bosanskiferibotprevozskelatrajekttrajektniскелатрајекттрајектни+ 5 more

Catalàbacrai

Češtinapřevozpřívoztrajekt

Danskfærge

Ελληνικάπορθμείοφέριφέρι μποτ

Esperantopramo

Eestiparvlaevpraam

Suomiautolauttaförilautta

Gàidhligaiseagbàt'-aiseig

Galegoferritransbordador

עבריתמעבורתעברה

हिन्दीफेरी

Hrvatskiferibotprevozskelatrajekttrajektniскелатрајекттрајектни+ 5 more

Magyarkomp

Հայերենլաստանավ

Bahasa Indonesiaferi

Íslenskaferja

Italianotraghetto

日本語フェリー沆津渡渡し船渡船連絡船+ 4 more

ქართულიბორანი

ភាសាខ្មែរកប៉ាល់ចម្លងទូកចម្លង

한국어나루배나룻배수송선연락선페리+ 2 more

Kurdîbacferîferîbotraîvapûr+ 2 more

Latinaponto

LëtzebuergeschFähr

Македонскитраект

മലയാളംകടത്ത്

Монголгаталга онгоц

Bahasa Melayuferi

မြန်မာကူးတို့ကူးတို့ဆိပ်

Nederlandsferryferrybootpontpontveerveerveerbootveerpont+ 4 more

Polskiprompromowy

Portuguêsbalsaferry

Românăbac

Русскийпаром

Slovenčinatrajekt

Slovenščinatrajekt

Shqiptrap

СрпскиBalšaferibotprevozskelatrajekttrajektniскелатрајекттрајектни+ 6 more

Svenskafärja

Kiswahiliferi

ไทยเฟอร์รีเรือข้ามฟากเรือจ้าง

Tagalogtabaw

Türkçearaba vapuruferibotvapur

Українськапором

Tiếng Việtphà

Examples

“Near-synonym: ferryboat”

“To reach⟳ Mui Wo, a small town on Lantau Island, you take⟳ a ferry from central Hong Kong, and after a 30-minute ride⟳ arrive⟳ at a small square with a car park⟳ and bus stops blackened by fumes.”

“It can pass⟳ the ferry backward into light⟳.”

“to row us o'er the ferry”

“She walked into the waiting-room of the ferry, and up the stairs, and by a marvellous swift, little run⟳, caught the ferry-boat that was just going out.”

“In those days there was a ferry at Sleepytown. Modern roads and bridges for motor vehicles have⟳ rendered such local river ferries obsolete.”

“granted a ferry to”

“In 1794, the county court of Mason, granted a ferry to Benjamin Sutton, who owned two lots on the front of water street. In 1801, the same privilege was re-granted to him by the court. In 1797, a ferry was granted to Edmund Martin, by the county court. In 1808, a ferry was granted, by the county court, to Jacob Boon. In 1818, a ferry was granted, by the court, to J. K. Ficklin, and in 1823, another ferry was granted, by the court, to Benjamin Baylies. Bonds with security, were executed by the grantees respectively. The ferrys of Ficklin and Baylies have⟳ not been in operation for two or three years past. Those of Sutton, Martin and Boon, have⟳ been in operation ever since their establishment. Boon and Martin are both dead. Sutton sold his lots and ferry to Armstrong. Powers and Campbell, who attended to the ferrys granted to Boon and Martin, live⟳ in the state of Ohio. Armstrong resides in Maysville.”

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