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ford

/fɔɹd/

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What does ford mean?

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A stream; a current.

verb

  1. To cross a stream by walking through it.
More meanings (26)

verb

  1. To traverse any precarious environment.

noun

  1. A car, truck, tractor, or other vehicle of this make.

proper noun

  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a ford.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7709).
  4. A hamlet in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4080).
  5. A suburb of Plymouth, Devon (OS grid ref SX4656).
  6. A hamlet in Holbeton parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6150).
  7. A hamlet in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0829).
  8. A hamlet in Ford and Stoke Prior parish, south of Leominster, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5155)
  9. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3398).
  10. A small village and civil parish in northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NT9437).
  11. A village and civil parish west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4113).
  12. A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0003).
  13. A small village in North Wraxall parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8375).
  14. A village in Laverstock parish, near Salisbury, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1533).
  15. A small village at the south-west end of Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8603).
  16. A hamlet in Wolfscastle community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9526).
  17. A ghost town in Bartow County, Georgia.
  18. A minor city and township in Ford County, Kansas.
  19. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Kentucky.
  20. A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota.
  21. An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
  22. An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington.
  23. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
  24. A carmaker, the Ford Motor Company; its brand.
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I will incense Ford to deal with poison, I will possess him with yellowness, for the revolt of mine is dangerous.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
It was determined to attempt the ford, and the advance was put forward, as a forlorn hope, with this desperate purpose.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
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Gen. Marion took a position on a ridge below the ford of the river, which is still called the general's island.
William Dobein JamesA Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His BrigadeProject Gutenberg ebook #923
As he was about to pass over the ford of Jabbok, he observed a shepherd, who likewise had sheep and camels.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
I remember well a walk I took with a boy named Ford across some fields to a farmhouse on the Church Stretton road.
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739