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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ford /fɔrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a place where a river can be crossed by wading.
v. [~ + object] - to cross (a river, stream, etc.) at a ford:The wagons managed to ford the stream.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ford (fôrd, fōrd),USA pronunciation n. - a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
v.t. - to cross (a river, stream, etc.) at a ford.
- bef. 900; Middle English (noun, nominal), Old English; cognate with Old Frisian forda, German Furt; akin to Old Norse fjǫrthr, fare, port1
ford′a•ble, adj. Ford (fôrd, fōrd),USA pronunciation n. Ford Mad•ox (mad′əks),USA pronunciation (Ford Madox Hueffer), 1873–1939, English novelist, poet, critic, and editor.- Biographical Gerald R(udolph, Jr.) (Leslie Lynch King, Jr.), born 1913, U.S. political leader: congressman 1948–73;
vice president 1973–74; 38th president of the U.S. 1974–77. - Biographical Guy Stanton, 1873–1963, U.S. historian, educator, and editor.
- Biographical Henry, 1863–1947, U.S. automobile manufacturer.
- Biographical John, 1586?–c1640, English playwright.
- Biographical John (Sean O'Feeney), 1895–1973, U.S. film director.
- a male given name.
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