The act of transporting people or things across water or from one place to another, usually repeatedly or as a regular service.
From ferry + -ing (present participle). Ferry's origins in Old Norse ferja gave English this practical verb describing one of humanity's oldest services.
The word ferrying became a metaphor in English for any repetitive carrying—parents speak of ferrying kids to soccer practice, showing how a water-transport term jumped to describing modern life.
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