ferry
noun
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
ferried
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past participleof ferry.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ferry.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ferrynouna commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
Example Sentences
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Once in Britain, according to the New York Times, Trump was covertly ferried back to Air Force One as though he had been aboard the whole time.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
At its peak, 80 firefighters tackled the blaze, with Isle of Wight crews supported by firefighters and engines ferried over from the mainland.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Fast-spreading flames blackened the sky over the peninsula as tourists scrambled onto boats that ferried them to safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Boats have ferried more than 400 people so far from the Cap Ferret peninsula that stretches along France's Atlantic coast west of the city of Bordeaux, city authorities said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Masha ferried three planes away from the advancing front that night.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
