ferryman

«ferryman» in Mova's school dictionary: a person whose job is to row or steer a boat that carries… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (ferryman, ferrymen)

meaning for a pupil

A ferryman is a person whose job is to row or steer a boat that carries people across a river or lake. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories the ferryman takes travellers across a river, often as a mysterious or magic figure

examples

• The old ferryman asked: 'Are you going far, my friend?' tree →
• The ferryman did not get in but pushed the boat off. tree →
• The ferryman has rowed to and fro for thirty years. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ferryman» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.