ferry

1. (transitive) To carry; transport; convey.Examples: "Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety."; "We ferried our stock in U-Haul trailers, and across the months, as we purchased more cowflesh from the Goat Man — meat vanishing into the ether again and again, as if into some quarkish void — we became familiar enough with Sloat and his daughter to learn that her name was Flozelle, and to visit with them about matters other than stock."transitive

2. (transitive) To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.Examples: "Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant."; "A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. […] This would also let high-speed trains skirt cities as moving platforms ferry passengers to and from the city centre."transitive

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.transitive

4. (intransitive) To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.Examples: "They ferry over this Lethean sound / Both to and fro."intransitive