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ferry
noun
I took the ferry from Dover to Calais:
passenger boat, passenger ship, ferry boat, packet boat, packet, shuttle;
car ferry, train ferry, drive-on ferry, roll-on/roll-off ferry;
ship, boat, vessel;
South African pont;
in Venice traghetto.
verb
1 the ship will ferry passengers to and from the Continent:
transport, convey, carry, bear, ship, run, chauffeur, take, bring, shuttle.
2 the boat ferried hourly across the river:
go back and forth, shuttle, come and go, run.