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Ford Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ford? [n] the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse [n] a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [n] American manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947) [n] 38th President of the United States; appointed Vice President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-) [n] English writer and editor (1873-1939) [n] son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) [n] grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [n] United States film maker (1896-1973) [v] cross a river where it's shallow Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ford: crossing \| Edsel Bryant Ford \| Ford Hermann Hueffer \| Ford Madox Ford \| fording \| Gerald Ford \| Gerald R. Ford \| Gerald Rudolph Ford \| Henry Ford \| Henry Ford II \| John Ford \| President Ford Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ford: access \| aisle \| alley \| ambulatory \| aperture \| arcade \| artery \| avenue \| bank \| bar \| bestride \| bypass \| channel \| cloister \| colonnade \| communication \| conduit \| connection \| coral reef \| corridor \| covered way \| cross \| defile \| exit \| ferry \| flat \| gallery \| get ahead of \| go across \| go by \| inlet \| interchange \| intersection \| junction \| lane \| opening \| outlet \| overpass \| overstride \| pass \| pass by \| pass over \| passage \| passageway \| portico \| railroad tunnel \| reef \| sandbank \| sandbar \| shallow \| shallows \| shelf \| shoal \| shoal water \| shoot ahead of \| step over \| straddle \| tidal flats \| traject \| trajet \| tunnel \| underpass \| wetlands See Also \| author \| body of water \| Chief Executive \| cover \| cross \| crossing \| cut across \| cut through \| deep fording \| film maker \| film producer \| filmmaker \| get across \| get over \| industrialist \| movie maker \| pass over \| President \| President of the United States \| shallow fording \| stream \| track \| traverse \| water \| watercourse \| writer Ford In Webster's Dictionary \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. 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 Stygian ford. --Dryden. \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. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. --Milton.

Ford Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ford?

[n] the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
[n] a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
[n] American manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
[n] 38th President of the United States; appointed Vice President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
[n] English writer and editor (1873-1939)
[n] son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
[n] grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
[n] United States film maker (1896-1973)
[v] cross a river where it's shallow

Ford In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         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 Stygian ford. --Dryden.


\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.

      His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to
      be forted.                               --Milton.

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