Ferry word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "ferry" word
[noun] a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
[verb] travel by ferry
[verb] transport by ferry
[verb] transport from one place to another
\Fer"ry\, v. i. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry. They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro. --Milton.
\Fer"ry\, n.; pl. {Ferries}. [OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. f["a]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f["a]hre. See {Ferry}, v. t.] 1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton. To row me o'er the ferry. --Campbell. 2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry. 3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls. {Ferry bridge}, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay. {Ferry railway}. See under {Railway}.
Synonyms for ferry
ferryboat, ferrying
See also: boat | bring | car-ferry | convey | go | locomote | move | shipping | take | transport | transport | transportation | travel |
Related terms: access, arcade, auxiliary, bus, catamaran, cloister, cog, connection, cutter, defile, ford, houseboat, ja, junction, lane, piragua, punt, sailplane, scooter, skiff, towboat, trimaran
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Let's analyse "ferry" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YRREF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]
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ferry: 5 = 5, reduced: 5 (or 3 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Five. |
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