vi to pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
2. ferry ·vt to carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.
3. ferry ·vt a vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
4. ferry ·vt a place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, ·etc., in a ferryboat.
5. ferry ·vt a franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, ·etc., charging tolls.