ferry
verb/ˈferi/
/ˈferi/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ferry | /ˈferi/ /ˈferi/ |
| he / she / it ferries | /ˈferiz/ /ˈferiz/ |
| past simple ferried | /ˈferid/ /ˈferid/ |
| past participle ferried | /ˈferid/ /ˈferid/ |
| -ing form ferrying | /ˈferiɪŋ/ /ˈferiɪŋ/ |
- ferry somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) to carry people or goods in a boat or ship, especially across a small area of water
- He offered to ferry us across the river in his boat.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFerry is used with these nouns as the subject:- boat
- helicopter
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- ferry somebody/something + adv./prep. to carry people or goods in a vehicle from one place to another on short or regular trips
- The children need to be ferried to and from school.
- You really don’t have to ferry us around while we’re in town.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse ferja ‘ferry boat’, of Germanic origin and related to fare.
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