Thesaurus: ford

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1. v. i. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.
2. v. i. A stream; a current.
3. v. t. To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.
4. n. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
5. n. the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
6. v. cross a river where it's shallow
7. 1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott. 2. A stream; a current. With water of the ford Or of the clouds. Spenser. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygford. Dryden. To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton.
8. To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wadethrough.His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted.Milton.
9. v:47/n:53 n. United States film maker (1896-1973) n. grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) n. son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) n. English writer and editor (1873-1939)