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ford (fôrd)

noun

a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross by wading or by riding on horseback, etc.

Etymology: ME < OE, akin to Ger furt < IE pṛtu, passage < base *per-, to transport > fare, L portus, Goth *faran

transitive verb

to cross at a ford

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Ford definition

Ford (fôrd)

  1. Ford, Ford Madox (mad′əks) (born Ford Madox Hueffer) 1873-1939; Eng. writer & editor
  2. Ford, Gerald R(udolph), Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) 1913-2006; 38th president of the U.S. (1974-77)
  3. Ford, Henry 1863-1947; U.S. automobile manufacturer
  4. Ford, John 1586-1639?; Eng. dramatist
  5. Ford, John (born John Martin Feeney) 1894-1973; U.S. film director

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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