[syn: ford, fording]
VERB (1)
1. cross a river where it's shallow;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ford \Ford\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fording.]
To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to
wade through.
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His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to
be forted. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ford \Ford\ (f[=o]rd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel.
fj["o]r[eth]r bay, and to E. fare. [root]78. See Fare, v.
i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.]
1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed
by man or beast on foot, by wading.
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He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A stream; a current.
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With water of the ford
Or of the clouds. --Spenser.
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Permit my ghost to pass the Styg?an ford. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ford
n 1: United States film maker (1896-1973) [syn: Ford, John
Ford]
2: grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [syn: Ford, Henry Ford
II]
3: son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) [syn: Ford, Edsel Bryant
Ford]
4: English writer and editor (1873-1939) [syn: Ford, Ford
Madox Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer]
5: 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president
and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-) [syn: Ford,
Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford,
President Ford]
6: United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass
production (1863-1947) [syn: Ford, Henry Ford]
7: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford,
crossing]
8: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car
or on a horse [syn: ford, fording]
v 1: cross a river where it's shallow