ferry

Definition:
1. A boat that carries people, vehicles and goods across a river or across a narrow part of the sea.
2. A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule.
3. Transport by boat or aircraft.
4. Transport from one place to another.
5. Transport by ferry.
6. Travel by ferry.

Use 'ferry' in a sentence:

• 1. Does your honor want to cross the ferry to the Holme?
• 2. The dinghy was rocked by the wash of a passing ferry.
• 3. The ferry was hit by a freak wave off the North Wales coast.
• 4. The children need to be ferried to and from school.
• 5. They missed the ferry and remained onshore.
• 6. Two gangs of youths brawled on the dance floor of the ferry.
• 7. We were in plenty of time for Anthony to catch the ferry.
• 8. Earlier two holes were blasted into the ship's hull to let water out and stabilise the ferry.
• 9. What about a ferry?
• 10. The ferry cut merrily through the water.
• 11. They were dismayed to find that the ferry had already left.
• 12. They had recrossed the River Gambia by ferry.
• 13. There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
• 14. Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road.
• 15. The little steam ferry-boat was about a mile below the village, drifting with the current.
• 16. The ferry they take is spacious, quiet and comfortable.
• 17. Ferry companies are providing extra sailings from Calais.
• 18. There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry.
• 19. We caught the ferry at Ostend.
• 20. Because the ferry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats.
• 21. Ferry is a five-year-old girl with excellent behaviors.
• 22. She was going to Nanaimo to catch the ferry to the mainland.
• 23. The ferries can cope with the traffic of both goods and passengers.
• 24. Storms swept the country, closing roads, buffeting ferries and killing as many as 30 people.
• 25. Look at all those cars and trucks lined up for the ferry.
• 26. A helicopter ferried in more soldiers to help in the search.
• 27. The ferry allows a route from Bo to the border.
• 28. The ferry service has restarted after an interval of 12 years.
• 29. One ferry operator 'Sealink' said it was now running a full service for the first time in five weeks.
• 30. Ferry looks like a lovely doll.
• 31. He stowed away on a ferry and landed in North Shields.
• 32. Ferries are very powerful and manoeuvrable compared to cargo ships.
• 33. In the Philippines, a ferry carrying at least 400 people has sunk after an apparent collision with a cargo ship.
• 34. Every day, a plane arrives to ferry guests to and from Bird Island Lodge.
• 35. Every type of boat was pressed into service to rescue passengers from the sinking ferry.
• 36. There were about 250 people on board, about 100 more than the ferry was licensed to carry.
• 37. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
• 38. The ferry hit us amidships.
• 39. He offered to ferry us across the river in his boat.
• 40. The ferry did not even have time to send out an SOS.
• 41. The car ferries from the mainland are often fully booked by February.
• 42. A Philippine Coast Guard spokesman said the ferry had been hit by a 12,000-ton Singapore registered cargo vessel.
• 43. All the ferries carry bicycles free or for a nominal charge.
• 44. The ferry is expected to dock at 6.
• 45. The crash happened as the ferry attempted to dock on Staten Island.
• 46. The ferry sails from Newhaven to Dieppe.
• 47. The ferry is due to land at 3 o'clock.
• 48. Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.