To carry; transport; convey.

“Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.”

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.”

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.

The act by which something is ferried.