Definitions
1.VerbTo carry; transport; convey."Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety."
2.VerbTo 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."
3.VerbTo 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.
4.VerbTo pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
5.NounA boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule."Islanders normally have to queue for half an hour to get on the ferry."
6.NounA place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
7.NounThe service constituted by this watercraft's operation; the business (company) that operates such a service."In those days there was a ferry at Sleepytown. Modern roads and bridges for motor vehicles have rendered such local river ferries obsolete."
8.NounThe legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service: a right of ferry."granted a ferry to"