A ferry is a vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi.

What does ferry mean?

1 : a place where persons or things are carried across a body of water (such as a river) in a boat. 2 : ferryboat. 3 : a franchise or right to operate a ferry service across a body of water. 4 : an organized service and route for flying airplanes especially across a sea or continent for delivery to the user.

What does ferry out mean?

6 to deliver (an aircraft) by flying it to its destination. 7 tr to convey (passengers, goods, etc.)