Ford

Definition of Ford

Pronunciation: fōrd
n.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 Styg an ford.
- Dryden.
v. t.1.To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.
[imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.]
His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted.
- Milton.

Related Words

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
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