ferry
/ˈfɛɹi/ verb A2- To carry; transport; convey. · Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
- To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly. · Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant.
- To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
- To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
He/she/it ferries · Past ferried · Past participle ferried · -ing form ferrying
Verb forms
- Base form
- ferry
- He/she/it
- ferries
- Past
- ferried
- Past participle
- ferried
- -ing form
- ferrying
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The ferry lurched as it navigated a particularly turbulent swell, causing the tea in Arthur's cup to slosh perilously near the edge.
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