ferry as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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ferry
noun
1 ferry
A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule.
synonym: ferryboat.
Roget 270:
transfer,
transference;
translocation,
elocation†;
displacement;
metastasis,
metathesis;
removal;
remotion†,
amotion†;
relegation;
deportation,
asportation†;
extradition,
conveyance,
draft,
carrying,
carriage;
convection,
conduction,
contagion;
transfer
etc.
(of property)
783.
transit,
transition;
passage,
ferry,
gestation;
portage,
porterage†,
carting,
cartage;
shoveling
etc.
v.;
vection†,
vecture†,
vectitation†;
shipment,
freight,
wafture†;
transmission,
transport,
transportation,
importation,
exportation,
transumption†,
transplantation,
translation;
shifting,
dodging;
dispersion
etc.
73;
transposition
etc.
(interchange)
148;
traction
etc.
285.
[Thing transferred]
drift.
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Roget 627:
method,
way,
manner,
wise,
gait,
form,
mode,
fashion,
tone,
guise;
modus operandi,
MO;
procedure
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
path,
road,
route,
course;
line of way,
line of road;
trajectory,
orbit,
track,
beat,
tack.
steps;
stair,
staircase;
flight of stairs,
ladder,
stile;
perron†.
bridge,
footbridge,
viaduct,
pontoon,
steppingstone,
plank,
gangway;
drawbridge;
pass,
ford,
ferry,
tunnel;
pipe
etc.
260.
door;
gateway
etc.
(opening)
260;
channel,
passage,
avenue,
means of access,
approach,
adit†;
artery,
lane,
loan [Scot.],
alley,
aisle,
lobby,
corridor;
back-door,
back-stairs;
secret passage;
covert way;
vennel†.
roadway,
pathway,
stairway;
express;
thoroughfare;
highway;
turnpike,
freeway,
royal road,
coach road;
broad highway,
King's highway,
Queen's highway;
beaten track,
beaten path;
horse road,
bridle road,
bridle track,
bridle path;
walk,
trottoir†,
footpath,
pavement,
flags,
sidewalk;
crossroad,
byroad,
bypath,
byway;
cut;
short cut
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
carrefour†;
private road,
occupation road;
highways and byways;
railroad,
railway,
tram road,
tramway;
towpath;
causeway;
canal
etc.
(conduit)
350;
street
etc.
(abode)
189;
speedway.
adv..
how;
in what way,
in what manner;
by what mode;
so,
in this way,
after this fashion.
one way or another,
anyhow;
somehow or other
etc.
(instrumentality)
631;
by way of;
via;
in transitu [Lat.]
etc.
270;
on the high road to.
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Dutch: ferry, ferryboot, pont, pontveer, veer, veerboot, veerdienst, veerpont
Polish: prom
2 ferry
Transport by boat or aircraft.
synonym: ferrying.
Dutch: pontveer
verb
1 ferry
Transport from one place to another.
2 ferry
3 ferry
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