1. ferry - Noun
2. ferry - Verb
3. Ferry - Proper noun
To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.
To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry. David Bowie
They were watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea. Cormac McCarthy
I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out. Pamela Stephenson
You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy. Robyn Hitchcock
Both the fast and the slow will meet each other on the ferry boat. Arabic Proverb
Old as is the boat it may cross the ferry once. Spanish Proverb