(ferries, ~ing, ferried)
1.
A ~ 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 ~.
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 ~ guests to and from Bird Island Lodge...
It was still dark when five coaches started to ~ 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