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Ford

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Ford  (fôrd, frd), Elizabeth Bloomer Known as "Betty." Born 1918.
First Lady of the United States (1974-1977) as the wife of President Gerald R. Ford. She supported the Equal Rights Amendment, the arts, and programs for disabled children.

Ford, Ford Madox Originally Ford Hermann Hueffer. 1873-1939.
British writer and editor whose most important novels, The Good Soldier (1915) and the tetralogy Parade's End (1924-1928), examine the bonds of conjugal and adulterous relationships.

Ford, Gerald Rudolph 1913-2006.
The 38th President of the United States (1974-1977), who was appointed Vice President on the resignation of Spiro Agnew (1973) and became President after Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal. As President, Ford granted a full pardon to Nixon (1974).

Ford, Henry 1863-1947.
American automobile manufacturer who developed a gasoline-powered automobile (1896), founded the Ford Motor Company (1903), and mass-produced the Model T (1908-1927), the first generally affordable and widely available automobile. His son Edsel Bryant Ford (1893-1943) ran the company from 1919 to 1943, as did his grandson Henry Ford II (1917-1987) from 1945 to 1980.

Ford 1, John 1586-1639.
English playwright whose works include 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1633) and collaborative efforts, notably with Thomas Dekker and John Webster.

Ford 2, John Originally John Martin Feeney. 1894-1973.
American filmmaker who won an Academy Award for his direction of The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952).

ford  (fôrd, frd)
n.
A shallow place in a body of water, such as a river, where one can cross by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle.
tr.v. ford·ed, ford·ing, fords
To cross (a body of water) at a ford.

[Middle English, from Old English; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]

forda·ble adj.

ford
Noun
a shallow area in a river that can be crossed by car, on horseback, etc.
Verb
to cross (a river) over a shallow area [Old English]
fordable adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.FordFord - United States film maker (1896-1973)
2.Ford - grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
3.Ford - son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
4.FordFord - English writer and editor (1873-1939)
5.FordFord - 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
6.FordFord - United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
7.ford - a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
8.Fordford - the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
crossing - traveling across
shallow fording - fording at a shallow place
deep fording - fording at a deep place in the stream
Verb1.ford - cross a river where it's shallow
cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, pass over, get across, track, cover - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
Translations
ford [fɔːd] nvado
vtvadear

ford [fɔːd] ngué m
vtpasser à gué

ford [fɔːd] nFurt f
vtdurchqueren;
(on foot) → durchwaten

ford [fɔːd] nguado
vtguadare

ford
n ford [foːd]
a shallow crossing-place in a river. drif معْبَر في نَهْر، مَخاضَه брод brod vadested die Furt πέρασμα ποταμού vado koolmekoht پایاب kahluupaikka gué מַעֲבָר רָדוּד בַּנָהָר नदी के पास उथली जगह gaz, plitak prijelaz preko rijeke gázló bagian dangkal vað guado 浅瀬 (강의) 걸어서 건널 수 있을 정도로 얕은 곳, 여울 brasta brasls cetek doorwaadbare plaats vad(ested) bród vau vad брод brod plitvina gaz vadställe บริเวณน้ำตื้น sığ geçit 淺灘, 可涉水而過的地方 брід دریا کا گھاٹ chỗ sông cạn , 涉水
v
to cross (water) on foot etc They forded the river. deurgaan; deurry; oorgaan يَعْبُر، يَجْتاز، يَخوض прегазвам (река) přebrodit (se) krydse durchwaten διασχίζω (π.χ. ποτάμι) από τα ρηχά vadear läbi kahlama از گدار گذشتن kahlata passer à gué לַעֲבוֹר पार करना pregaziti vodu (rijeku) plićinom (át)gázol mengarungi di dalam sungai fara yfir á vaði guadare 浅瀬を渡る (강을) 건너다 (per)bristi pārbrist braslu mengharungi doorwaden vasse/vade over przejść przez bród atravessar a trece prin vad переходить вброд prebrodiť prebroditi preći vada över ลุยแม่น้ำหรือลำธารที่ตื้น sığ yerden geçmek 涉水 переходити убрід گھاٹ اترنا lội qua sông


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Such was the position of affairs at Devil's Ford on the 13th of August, 1860.
A hundred moonlit miles away the Chiang crept to sea; O keeper of my heart, I came by Chiang's ford to thee.
"Now, good uncle," quoth Will Scarlet at last, when they had walked for a long time beside this sweet, bright river, "just beyond yon bend ahead of us is a shallow ford which in no place is deeper than thy mid-thigh, and upon the other side of the stream is a certain little hermitage hidden amidst the bosky tangle of the thickets wherein dwelleth the Friar of Fountain Dale.
 
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