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ferrying

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verb

  1. To carry; transport; convey.“Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.”
  2. To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.“Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant.”
  3. 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.
  4. To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.

noun

  1. The act by which something is ferried.

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