Ford

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A shallow place in a body of water, such as a river, where one can cross by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle.
  • v. To cross (a body of water) at a ford.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
  • v. To cross a stream using a ford.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.
  • n. A stream; a current.
  • v. To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A place in a river or other body of water where it may be passed or crossed by man or beast on foot, or by wading.
  • n. A stream to be crossed.
  • To pass or cross, as a river or other body of water, by walking on the bottom; pass through by wading.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
  • n. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
  • v. cross a river where it's shallow
  • n. grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
  • n. United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
  • n. United States film maker (1896-1973)
  • n. the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
  • n. English writer and editor (1873-1939)
  • n. 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
  • Verb Form
    forded    fording    fords   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    industrialist    water    body of water    cover    cut through    get over    track    cut across    traverse    Passover   
    Form
    forded    fording    enm    l    en   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stream    current    crossing    shallow    fordage    wade    ghaut or ghat    cross   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Lord    Verwoerd    Ward    abhorred    aboard    accord    adored    afford    award    board   
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