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ferried

ferried is the simple past and past participle of ferry.

Meaning of ferry

Verb

ferry (third-person singular simple present ferries, present participle ferrying, simple past and past participle ferried)

  1. (transitive) To carry; transport; convey.
    • Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
  2. (transitive) To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
    • Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant.
  3. (transitive) To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
  4. (intransitive) To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
    • They ferry over this Lethean sound / Both to and fro.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Words formed from ferried

Questions about ferried

What is ferried the simple past and past participle of?
Ferried is the simple past and past participle of ferry.

Words near ferried in the dictionary

  1. ferrides
  2. ferrididdle
  3. ferrididdles
  4. ferridoxin
  5. Ferrie
  6. ferried
  7. ferrielectric
  8. ferrielectricity
  9. ferrienterobactin
  10. ferrienterochelin
  11. ferrier

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