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ferry
ferry someone around
to transport people here and there in small groups. I really don't want to spend all my days ferrying children around. Why am I ferrying around a bunch of kids all day?
ferry someone or something across something
and ferry someone or something acrossto transport someone or something across a river on a ferryboat. Can we get someone to ferry us across the lake to the island? After they ferried across all the cars, they closed the ferryboat down for the night.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Minttu | | MEENT-too | Finnish |
Alayna | | ə-LAYN-ə | English (Modern) |
Meyer | | - | Hebrew |
Asya | | AH-syah | Russian |
Silvio | | SEEL-vyo (Italian), SEEL-byo (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian |
Giustino | | joos-TEE-no | Italian |