ford
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Indo-European *pértus
Proto-Germanic *furduz
Proto-West Germanic *furdu
Old English ford
English ford
From Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).
Doublet of firth, fjord, and fjard, all via Old Norse; and port, distantly via Latin. Cognate with Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord. See also forth and Persian پل (pol, “bridge”).
Inflected forms:
form: fords
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: foorth
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fords
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fording
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: forded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: forded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: foorth
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
pos: noun
examples: He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
gloss: A stream; a current.
pos: noun
examples: With water of the ford / Or of the clouds.
Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford.
gloss: To cross a stream by walking through it.
pos: verb
examples: He named that place, for it was near her dwelling, and on the road between Balerynie and Heriotside, which fords the Sker Burn.
Since the time of Seyavi the deer have shifted their feeding ground across the valley at the beginning of deep snows, by way of the Black Rock, fording the river at Charley's Butte, and making straight for the mouth of the cañon that is the easiest going to the winter pastures on Waban.
Ratau drove with reckless authority through the quiet morning fires of his father's and forefathers' town and forded a river of goats on the road leading out of it.
2016, Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd, "EarthSky's meteor shower guide for 2016" in earthsky.org, http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide
Some who witnessed the 1966 Leonid meteor storm said they felt as if they needed to grip the ground, so strong was the impression of Earth plowing along through space, fording the meteoroid stream.
gloss: To traverse any precarious environment.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
examples: I spent several days fording through dense jungle.
I use my ample shoulders to ford through the crowd, ignoring a curse here, smothering boos here and there, and generally standing my ground in the face of the disapprovals of those I shove.
Derived words: Abbotsford
Alford
Alfords Point
Allansford
Allerford
Ammanford
Ashford
Avisford
Ayrford
Batesford
Bathford
Battleford
Bedford
Bedfordale
Bedford Park
Beechford
Belford
Beresford
Beverford
Blackford
Blandford
Boxford
Bradford
Brantford
Brayford
Brentford
Bridgeford
Broadford
Byford
Camelford
Carlingford
Castleford
Chandler's Ford
Chelmsford
Colyford
Cranford
Crawford
Crawford River
Crayford
Dalysford
Dartford
Daylesford
Deptford
East Gosford
East Gresford
Eaton Ford
Evansford
Exford
Failford
fordage
Ford Green
fordless
Fords
Fords Bridge
Fordtown
Fordwich
Frankford
Franklinford
Fyansford
Gainsford
Goodmans Ford
Gosford
Gowanford
Gresford
Guildford
Guildford West
Halliford
Hannaford
Harford
Hartford
Hayford
Hemmingford
Hereford
Hereford Hall
Hertford
Hungerford
Ilford
Isisford
Kentford
Kingsford
Knutsford
Langford
Latchford
Longford
Lower Belford
Loxford
Luxford
Metford
Milford
Moonford
Mount Alford
Mount Crawford
Muckleford
Muckleford South
Mylneford
Myrtleford
Nobleford
North Gosford
Oakford
Old Ford
Old Guildford
Orford
Otford
Oxenford
Oxford
Oxford Falls
Petford
Pigford
Radford
Ranford
Redford
Regans Ford
Rexford
Rochford
Rocky Ford
Romford
Runnyford
Rutherford
Ryeford
Saltford
Samford Valley
Samford Village
Sandford
Sandiford
Seaford
Seaford Heights
Seaford Meadows
Seaford Rise
Shelford
Sleaford
South Guildford
Spalford
Stakeford
Stamford
Stanford
Stanford Merthyr
Stepford
Stonyford
Stratford
Stretford
Telford
Tideford
Turtleford
Waterford
Waterford Park
Waterford West
Weatherford
Wellsford
West Gosford
Whyalla Playford
Woodford Island
Woodford
Woodforde
Woolford
Yarrowford
Yeoford
fordable
forder
fording
reford
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