ferried; ferrying
1
a
: to carry by boat over a body of water
b
: to cross by a ferry
2
a
: to convey (as by aircraft or motor vehicle) from one place to another : transport
b
: to fly (an airplane) from the factory or other shipping point to a designated delivery point or from one base to another
: to cross water in a boat
plural ferries
1
: a place where persons or things are carried across a body of water (such as a river) in a boat
2
3
: a franchise or right to operate a ferry service across a body of water
4
: an organized service and route for flying airplanes especially across a sea or continent for delivery to the user
Examples of ferry in a Sentence
Verb
The cars were ferried across the river.
They ferry supplies to the island.
Noun
Ferries to both islands depart daily.
You can get there by ferry.
We'll meet you at the ferry.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026
Whichever lander ends up being selected for Artemis IV would rendezvous with NASA astronauts aboard an Orion vehicle in lunar orbit and then ferry them to the surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Starliner was supposed to share astronaut ferry duties alongside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon when Boeing and SpaceX were originally awarded contracts in 2014 to develop spacecraft to launch from Florida and end NASA’s reliance on Russia after the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
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Verb
Prosecutors say the pair argued the night before Burke allegedly paid an Uber driver to ferry Rivas from her home more than an hour outside Los Angeles, in Lake Elsinore, to his rental house in the Hollywood Hills.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026
Whichever lander ends up being selected for Artemis IV would rendezvous with NASA astronauts aboard an Orion vehicle in lunar orbit and then ferry them to the surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
Its tallest skyscrapers sit meters away from the sea, and a system of elevated moving walkways ferries pedestrians uphill and downhill, between office towers.
—Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Starliner was supposed to share astronaut ferry duties alongside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon when Boeing and SpaceX were originally awarded contracts in 2014 to develop spacecraft to launch from Florida and end NASA’s reliance on Russia after the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Ferry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferry. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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ferry
1 of 2 verb
fer·ry
ˈfer-ē 
ferried; ferrying
1
a
: to carry by boat over a body of water
b
: to cross by a ferry
2
a
: to carry (as by aircraft or motor vehicle) from one place to another
b
: to deliver (an airplane) by flying it to its destination
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