: a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
forded; fording; fords
: to cross (a body of water) by wading
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Examples of ford in a Sentence
Noun
didn't attempt getting the horses across the stream until we had reached the ford
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
The new platform, with its fewer but faster ECUs and upgraded suspension, handled these kinds of situations with aplomb, fording deep water and powering up and over articulating bumps with ease and grace.
—Abigail Bassett, Ars Technica, 6 June 2024
Greek authorities claim that more than 1,000 migrants have forded the Evros and entered Greece since the beginning of the year.
—Alex Clapp, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2020
For those families who decide that languishing in a border town, trekking the desert, or fording the river is too dangerous, there’s another option: sending their children to the United States alone.
—John Washington, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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Verb
Victor Corone, 66, forded nearly two feet of floodwater while pushing his wife, 64-year-old Maria Diaz, in a wheelchair.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
The new platform, with its fewer but faster ECUs and upgraded suspension, handled these kinds of situations with aplomb, fording deep water and powering up and over articulating bumps with ease and grace.
—Abigail Bassett, Ars Technica, 6 June 2024
Greek authorities claim that more than 1,000 migrants have forded the Evros and entered Greece since the beginning of the year.
—Alex Clapp, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2020
For those families who decide that languishing in a border town, trekking the desert, or fording the river is too dangerous, there’s another option: sending their children to the United States alone.
—John Washington, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Ford.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ford. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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Ford
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Gerald R(udolph) 1913–2006 American politician; vice president of the U.S. (1973–74); 38th president of the U.S. (1974–77)
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Henry 1863–1947 American automobile manufacturer
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John 1586–?1639 English dramatist
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John 1895–1973 originally John Martin Feeney American film director
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