ford6 definitions found ford - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : Ford \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. [1913 Webster] His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Ford \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. [1913 Webster] He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. A stream; a current. [1913 Webster] With water of the ford Or of the clouds. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Permit my ghost to pass the Styg?an ford. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] ford - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) : Ford n 1: United States film maker (1896-1973) [syn: Ford, John Ford ] 2: grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [syn: Ford, Henry Ford II ] 3: son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) [syn: Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford ] 4: English writer and editor (1873-1939) [syn: Ford, Ford Madox Ford , Ford Hermann Hueffer] 5: 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-) [syn: Ford, Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford] 6: United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947) [syn: Ford, Henry Ford] 7: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford, crossing] 8: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse [syn: ford, fording] v 1: cross a river where it's shallow ford - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : Ford Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh. 2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must have been very numerous; about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara. Mention is also made of the ford of the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and of the fords of Arnon (Isa. 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jer. 51:32). ford - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : Ford, KS (city, FIPS 23725) Location: 37.63699 N, 99.75400 W Population (1990): 247 (122 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67842 Ford, WA Zip code(s): 99013 ford - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : 63 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 |