ferry

ferry
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ car, passenger
▪ cross-Channel (BrE)
VERB + FERRY
▪ get, ride (AmE), take, use
▪ wait for
▪ catch
▪ board
▪ drive off, get off
▪ operate
FERRY + VERB
▪ carry sb, take sb
▪

a ferry carrying more than a thousand people

▪ arrive, come in (esp. BrE), dock
▪

We watched the ferry dock.

▪ depart, go, leave, sail (BrE)
▪

The ferry departs at 8 p.m.

▪

The last ferry sails at 4 p.m.

▪ cross sth
▪

the ferries that cross the Mekong River

▪ run
▪

Ferries run every hour or so.

FERRY + NOUN
▪ crossing, journey (BrE), ride, trip
▪ route
▪ boat
▪ passenger
▪ pilot (AmE)
▪ dock, port, terminal
▪ line, operator, service
PREPOSITION
▪ aboard a/the ferry, on a/the ferry, on board a/the ferry
▪

the people on the ferry

▪ by ferry
▪

We went by night ferry.

▪ ferry across, ferry over
▪

We caught the ferry across the river.

▪ ferry between
▪

the ferry between Cape Cod and the islands

▪ ferry for (esp. BrE), ferry to
▪

We caught the ferry to Fire Island.

▪

the ferry for Italy

▪ ferry from
▪

the ferry from Toronto to Rochester

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verb
Ferry is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑boat, ↑helicopter

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