slovodefinícia
ferry
(mass)
ferry
- kompa, dopravovať (loďou)
ferry
(encz)
ferry,dopravovat v: Zdeněk Brož
ferry
(encz)
ferry,prám n: Zdeněk Brož
ferry
(encz)
ferry,pramice n: Zdeněk Brož
ferry
(encz)
ferry,převážet Zdeněk Brož
ferry
(encz)
ferry,převoz Zdeněk Brož
ferry
(encz)
ferry,převozní loď n: [obec.] mamm
ferry
(encz)
ferry,přívoz Zdeněk Brož
ferry
(encz)
ferry,trajekt Zdeněk Brož
ferry
(encz)
ferry,vor Zdeněk Brož
Ferry
(gcide)
Ferry \Fer"ry\ (f[e^]r"r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferried
(-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Ferrying.] [OE. ferien to
convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to
ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.]
1. To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other
narrow water, in a boat.
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2. To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a
vehicle; as, part of her day was spent ferrying the kids
to and from school.
[PJC]
Ferry
(gcide)
Ferry \Fer"ry\, v. i.
To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
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They ferry over this Lethean sound
Both to and fro. --Milton.
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Ferry
(gcide)
Ferry \Fer"ry\, n.; pl. Ferries. [OE. feri; akin to Icel.
ferja, Sw. f[aum]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f[aum]hre. See
Ferry, v. t.]
1. A place where persons or things are carried across a
river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
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It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton.
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To row me o'er the ferry. --Campbell.
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2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over
narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
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3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying
passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging
tolls.
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Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the
transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.

Ferry railway. See under Railway.
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ferry
(wn)
ferry
n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of
water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: ferry,
ferryboat]
2: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: ferry, ferrying]
v 1: transport from one place to another
2: transport by ferry
3: travel by ferry
podobné slovodefinícia
ferryboat
(mass)
ferryboat
- trajekt
car-ferry
(encz)
car-ferry, n:
ferryboat
(encz)
ferryboat,trajekt n: jaar
ferrying
(encz)
ferrying,převoznictví n: Zdeněk Brož
ferryman
(encz)
ferryman,převozník n: Zdeněk Brož
Ferry
(gcide)
Ferry \Fer"ry\ (f[e^]r"r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferried
(-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Ferrying.] [OE. ferien to
convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to
ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.]
1. To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other
narrow water, in a boat.
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2. To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a
vehicle; as, part of her day was spent ferrying the kids
to and from school.
[PJC]Ferry \Fer"ry\, v. i.
To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
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They ferry over this Lethean sound
Both to and fro. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Ferry \Fer"ry\, n.; pl. Ferries. [OE. feri; akin to Icel.
ferja, Sw. f[aum]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f[aum]hre. See
Ferry, v. t.]
1. A place where persons or things are carried across a
river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
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It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton.
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To row me o'er the ferry. --Campbell.
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2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over
narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
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3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying
passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging
tolls.
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Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the
transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.

Ferry railway. See under Railway.
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Ferry bridge
(gcide)
Ferry \Fer"ry\, n.; pl. Ferries. [OE. feri; akin to Icel.
ferja, Sw. f[aum]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f[aum]hre. See
Ferry, v. t.]
1. A place where persons or things are carried across a
river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
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It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton.
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To row me o'er the ferry. --Campbell.
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2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over
narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
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3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying
passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging
tolls.
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Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the
transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.

Ferry railway. See under Railway.
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Ferry railway
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Railroad \Rail"road`\ (r[=a]l"r[=o]d`), Railway \Rail"way`\
(r[=a]l"w[=a]`), n.
1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
bed or substructure.
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Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
the older tramway.
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2. The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings,
rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been
put into the hands of a receiver.
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Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
commoner word in the United States.
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Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
railway are used interchangeably:
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Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.

Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.

Ferry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
platform runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water
course.

Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
elevated point by stationary engines.

Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
locomotives.

Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]

Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]

Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.


Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.

Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
some months after the injury.

Underground railroad Underground railway.
(a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
beneath the streets of a city.
(b) Formerly, a system of cooperation among certain active
antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866,
by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada.

Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
usually used.] "Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t
of the underground railroad." --W. D. Howells.
[1913 Webster]Ferry \Fer"ry\, n.; pl. Ferries. [OE. feri; akin to Icel.
ferja, Sw. f[aum]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f[aum]hre. See
Ferry, v. t.]
1. A place where persons or things are carried across a
river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
[1913 Webster]

It can pass the ferry backward into light. --Milton.
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To row me o'er the ferry. --Campbell.
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2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over
narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
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3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying
passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging
tolls.
[1913 Webster]

Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the
transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.

Ferry railway. See under Railway.
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Ferryboat
(gcide)
Ferryboat \Fer"ry*boat`\, n.
A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., usually
across streams, rivers, bays, and other narrow waters.

Syn: ferry[2].
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Ferrying
(gcide)
Ferry \Fer"ry\ (f[e^]r"r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferried
(-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Ferrying.] [OE. ferien to
convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to
ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.]
1. To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other
narrow water, in a boat.
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2. To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a
vehicle; as, part of her day was spent ferrying the kids
to and from school.
[PJC]
Ferryman
(gcide)
Ferryman \Fer"ry*man\, n.; pl. Ferrymen.
One who maintains or attends a ferry.
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Ferrymen
(gcide)
Ferryman \Fer"ry*man\, n.; pl. Ferrymen.
One who maintains or attends a ferry.
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car-ferry
(wn)
car-ferry
n 1: a ferry that transports motor vehicles
ferryboat
(wn)
ferryboat
n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of
water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: ferry,
ferryboat]
ferrying
(wn)
ferrying
n 1: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: ferry, ferrying]
ferryman
(wn)
ferryman
n 1: a man who operates a ferry