ferry

ferry
    n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of
         water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: {ferry},
         {ferryboat}]
    2: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: {ferry}, {ferrying}]
    v 1: transport from one place to another
    2: transport by ferry
    3: travel by ferry
    

Ferry \Fer"ry\, n.; pl. {Ferries}. [OE. feri; akin to Icel.
   ferja, Sw. f[aum]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f[aum]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.
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            It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton.
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            To row me o'er the ferry.             --Campbell.
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   2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over
      narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
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   3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying
      passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging
      tolls.
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   {Ferry bridge}, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the
      transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.

   {Ferry railway}. See under {Railway}.
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Ferry \Fer"ry\ (f[e^]r"r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ferried}
   (-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ferrying}.] [OE. ferien to
   convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to
   ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See {Fare}.]
   1. To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other
      narrow water, in a boat.
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   2. To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a
      vehicle; as, part of her day was spent ferrying the kids
      to and from school.
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Ferry \Fer"ry\, v. i.
   To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
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         They ferry over this Lethean sound
         Both to and fro.                         --Milton.
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Ferry, AK (CDP, FIPS 25220)
  Location: 63.92788 N, 149.13023 W
  Population (1990): 56 (33 housing units)
  Area: 225.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    

Ferry, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
   Population (2000):    29
   Housing Units (2000): 33
   Land area (2000):     68.440336 sq. miles (177.259648 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    68.440336 sq. miles (177.259648 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            25220
   Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
   Location:             64.064392 N, 148.997000 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Ferry, AK
    Ferry
    

Ferry -- U.S. County in Washington
   Population (2000):    7260
   Housing Units (2000): 3775
   Land area (2000):     2203.982146 sq. miles (5708.287311 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    53.478622 sq. miles (138.508988 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2257.460768 sq. miles (5846.796299 sq. km)
   Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
   Location:             48.495464 N, 118.523636 W
   Headwords:
    Ferry
    Ferry, WA
    Ferry County
    Ferry County, WA
    

160 Moby Thesaurus words for "ferry":
      access, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, aisle, alley, almadia,
      ambulatory, aperture, arcade, ark, artery, auxiliary, avenue,
      balloon, barge, be airborne, bear, boat, buck, bus, buss, canoe,
      cargo boat, cart, cat, catamaran, channel, cloister, coach, cockle,
      cockleshell, cog, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection,
      convey, coracle, corridor, covered way, cruise, cruiser, cutter,
      defile, dinghy, dispatch boat, dray, drift, drifter, dugout, exit,
      ferryboat, fishing boat, flit, float, fly, ford, funny, gallery,
      galley, gig, glide, glider, gondola, haul, hop, houseboat, hover,
      hoy, hump, hydrofoil, hydroplane, inlet, interchange, intersection,
      ja, jet, jolly, jolly boat, junction, kayak, lane, launch,
      lifeboat, lighter, longboat, mailer, motorboat, navigate, opening,
      outboard, outlet, outrigger canoe, overpass, pass, passage,
      passageway, pilot, pilot boat, pinnace, piragua, pirogue, pontoon,
      portico, post boat, pram, punt, racer, racing shell, raft,
      railroad tunnel, randan, rowboat, rowing boat, runabout, sail,
      sailplane, sampan, scooter, scow, scull, seaplane, shallop, shell,
      ship, showboat, skiff, sled, sledge, small boat, sneakbox, soar,
      stimulating, surfboat, take the air, take wing, towboat, traject,
      trajet, trawlboat, trawler, trimaran, trow, truck, tug, tugboat,
      tunnel, underpass, van, volplane, wagon, wanigan, whale-gig,
      whaleboat, wheelbarrow, wherry, wing, yawl, yawl boat