Real Dictionary

ferry
A ferry is a boat that transports passengers and sometimes also vehicles, usually across rivers or short stretches of sea.
verb: If a vehicle ferries people or goods, it transports them, usually by means of regular journeys between the same two places.

ferry in American English
a system for carrying people, cars, or goods across a river, etc. by boat
to cross a river, etc. by ferry
to take (people, cars, etc.) across a river or narrow body of water in a boat, raft, etc.
intransitive verb: to go in a ferry
noun: a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water
transitive verb: to carry or convey back and forth over a fixed route in a boat or plane