Definition of: ferry

(fer′ē) noun plural ·ries
1. Transportation by boat or airplane across a body of water.
2. The place of crossing a river, bay, strait, or the like by boat.
3. The legal right to run a ferry and to charge toll for transporting passengers and goods.
4. A boat for such transportation; a ferryboat.
—trail ferry A raft connected with a cable crossing a stream and so adjusted as to utilize the force of the current for motive power. [<v.]
—v. fer·ried, fer·ry·ing v.t.
1. To carry across a body of water in a boat.
2. To cross (a river, bay, etc.) in a boat.
3. To bring or take (an airplane or vehicle) to a point of delivery under its own power.
—v.i.
4. To cross a body of water in a boat or by ferry. [OE ferian carry, convey]