1. n. A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
2. n. A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
3. n. The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.
4. v. To carry; transport; convey.
Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
5. v. To 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.
6. v. To 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.
7. v. (intransitive) To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
