FERRY
What does "FERRY" mean?
A boat that carries people or vehicles across a body of water on a regular route.
Meanings
- A vessel that transports passengers or cargo across water on a fixed route. We caught the morning ferry to the island.
- To transport someone or something, usually over a short distance. She spends her evenings ferrying the kids to practice.
Did you know?
- 'Ferry', 'fare', 'ford', and 'port' all sail from the same ancient root meaning 'to carry across' - the idea of getting from one shore to another is buried deep in all of them.
Word origin
From Old English 'ferian' meaning 'to carry or convey', related to Old Norse 'ferja'; the root traces back to the same Indo-European source as 'fare', 'ford', and 'port'.
A little poem
Same crossing each dawn-
the wake stitches two harbors
and unstitches them.
haiku
What it teaches
The humblest journeys are the ones that simply carry you across and ask nothing more.
Quick facts
What does FERRY mean?
A boat that carries people or vehicles across a body of water on a regular route.
Is FERRY a valid word?
Yes — FERRY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FERRY?
FERRY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FERRY come from?
From Old English 'ferian' meaning 'to carry or convey', related to Old Norse 'ferja'; the root traces back to the same Indo-European source as 'fare', 'ford', and 'port'.
What can FERRY teach us?
The humblest journeys are the ones that simply carry you across and ask nothing more.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.