5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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 Stygian ford. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
His last section, which is no deep one remains only to
be forted. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Ford
n 1: 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}]
2: 1863-1947 [syn: {Ford}, {Henry Ford}]
3: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: {crossing}]
4: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car
or on a horse [syn: {fording}]
v : cross a river where it's shallow
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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).
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