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FERRYING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ferrying mean?
• FERRYING (noun)
The noun FERRYING has 1 sense:
1. transport by boat or aircraft
Familiarity information: FERRYING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transport by boat or aircraft
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ferry; ferrying
Hypernyms ("ferrying" is a kind of...):
shipping; transport; transportation (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)
Derivation:
ferry (transport by ferry)
Context examples
Then the plate continues to crawl ever deeper into the Earth's mantle, ferrying the water with it.
(Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior, National Science Foundation)
Microtubules are cylindrical structures that provide shape to cells and act as conveyor belts, ferrying molecular cargo throughout cells.
(Scientists unravel the mystery of the tubulin code, NIH)
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