FERRY


Meaning of FERRY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ feri ]

( ferries, ferrying, ferried)

1.

A ferry is a boat that transports passengers and sometimes also vehicles, usually across rivers or short stretches of sea.

They had recrossed the River Gambia by ferry.

N-COUNT : also by N

2.

If a vehicle ferries people or goods, it transports them, usually by means of regular journeys between the same two places.

Every day, a plane arrives to ferry guests to and from Bird Island Lodge...

It was still dark when five coaches started to ferry the miners the 140 miles from the Silverhill colliery...

A helicopter ferried in more soldiers to help in the search.

= transport

VERB : V n prep / adv , V n amount , V n with adv , also V n

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