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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ford \Ford\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ford \Ford\ (f[=o]rd), noun [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 Styg?an ford. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Ford
noun
1: United States film maker (1896-1973) [syn: {John Ford}]
2: grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [syn: {Henry Ford II}]
3: son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) [syn: {Edsel Bryant Ford}]
4: English writer and editor (1873-1939) [syn: {Ford Madox Ford}, {Ford Hermann Hueffer}]
5: 38th President of the United States; appointed Vice President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-) [syn: {Gerald Ford}, {Gerald R. Ford}, {Gerald Rudolph Ford}, {President Ford}]
6: United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947) [syn: {Henry Ford}]
7: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: {crossing}]
8: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse [syn: {fording}]
verb: cross a river where it's shallow
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "ford": access, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, artery, avenue, bank, bar, bestride, bypass, channel, cloister, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection, coral reef, corridor, covered way, cross, defile, exit, ferry, flat, gallery, get ahead of, go across, go by, inlet, interchange, intersection, junction, lane, opening, outlet, overpass, overstride, pass, pass by, pass over, passage, passageway, portico, railroad tunnel, reef, sandbank, sandbar, shallow, shallows, shelf, shoal, shoal water, shoot ahead of, step over, straddle, tidal flats, traject, trajet, tunnel, underpass, wetlands
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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Ford, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 314 Housing Units (2000): 121 Land area (2000): 0.419623 sq. miles (1.086819 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.419623 sq. miles (1.086819 sq. km) FIPS code: 23725 Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20 Location: 37.635977 N, 99.753013 W ZIP Codes (1990): 67842 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Ford, KS Ford
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Ford -- U.S. County in Illinois Population (2000): 14241 Housing Units (2000): 6060 Land area (2000): 485.899192 sq. miles (1258.473076 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.517324 sq. miles (1.339862 sq. km) Total area (2000): 486.416516 sq. miles (1259.812938 sq. km) Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 40.552455 N, 88.223413 W Headwords: Ford Ford, IL Ford County Ford County, IL
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Ford -- U.S. County in Kansas Population (2000): 32458 Housing Units (2000): 11650 Land area (2000): 1098.498110 sq. miles (2845.096923 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.788199 sq. miles (2.041426 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1099.286309 sq. miles (2847.138349 sq. km) Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20 Location: 37.720186 N, 99.912921 W Headwords: Ford Ford, KS Ford County Ford County, KS
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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