fording

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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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

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forda·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

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fording - the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse ford crossing - traveling across shallow fording - fording at a shallow place deep fording - fording at a deep place in the stream