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ford en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /foəd/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /fo(ː)ɹd/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /fɔɹd/ (General-American)
  • /-fəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-fɚd/ (General-American)

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”).

Meanings

  1. 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.
    • He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC:
  2. A stream; a current.
    • With water of the ford / Or of the clouds. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 34:
    • Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford. 1700, [John] Dryden, “Ceyx and Alcyone”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
foorth alternative lexicographic
fords Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Yarrowford · Bedford Park · Camelford · Gainsford · Shelford · Hartford · Blackford · Seaford Meadows · Fyansford · Isisford · Hereford · Crayford · Otford · Stonyford · Fords · Broadford · Hungerford · Waterford · Chandler's Ford · Colyford · Hertford · Turtleford · Belford · Oakford · Cranford · Castleford · Romford · East Gresford · Sandiford · Latchford · Hannaford · Stamford · Goodmans Ford · Ranford · Woodforde · Milford · Fordwich · Dartford · Ammanford · Muckleford South · Harford · Brentford · Oxenford · Whyalla Playford · Yeoford · Weatherford · Failford · Beechford · Eaton Ford · Deptford · Runnyford · Stepford · Rutherford · Boxford · Redford · Nobleford · Ryeford · Woodford · Allerford · Hereford Hall · North Gosford · Wellsford · Stakeford · Allansford · Bradford · Fordtown · Stretford · Mylneford · Kingsford · fordage · Spalford · Metford · Waterford West · Oxford · Blandford · Guildford West · Kentford · Luxford · Petford · Woolford · Rexford · East Gosford · Radford · Brantford · Carlingford · Samford Village · Bedfordale · fordless · Loxford · Avisford · Mount Crawford · Rochford · Daylesford · Myrtleford · Fords Bridge · Beverford · Knutsford · Bedford · West Gosford · Ashford · Seaford · Stratford · Chelmsford · Pigford · Langford · Beresford · Gresford · Ilford · Hayford · Moonford · Orford · Abbotsford · Lower Belford · Bathford · Old Ford · Guildford · Stanford Merthyr · Evansford · Exford · Crawford River · Mount Alford · Woodford Island · Telford · Samford Valley · South Guildford · Sleaford · Rocky Ford · Batesford · Bridgeford · Regans Ford · Ford Green · Old Guildford · Stanford · Seaford Heights · Gosford · Halliford · Frankford · Sandford · Dalysford · Tideford · Battleford · Seaford Rise · Alfords Point · Ayrford · Crawford · Gowanford · Longford · Franklinford · Oxford Falls · Waterford Park · Brayford · Saltford · Byford · Muckleford · Hemmingford · Alford

Synonyms

water-splash

Translations (100)

fi kahlaamo (crossing) · ky кечүү (crossing) · cjs кежиг (crossing) · az dayaz yer (crossing) · ka ფონი (crossing) · hi पाँझ (crossing) · fi kahlauspaikka (crossing) · uz kechik (crossing) · tyv кежиг (crossing) · bg брод (crossing) · alt кечӱ (crossing) · es vado (crossing) · mk брод (crossing) · kjh кичіг (crossing) · fur vât (crossing) · be брод (crossing) · ms tohor sungai (crossing) · kk өткел (crossing) · sga áth (crossing) · ja 洗い越し (crossing) · az çay keçidi (crossing) · gl porto (crossing) · tl dabaw (crossing) · zlw-ocs břístie (crossing) · gl abanqueiro (crossing) · eu ibi (crossing) · nl doorwaardbare plaats (crossing) · crh keçit (crossing) · nb vadested (crossing) · sh gaz (crossing) · ckb بوار (crossing) · cmn(crossing) · hi पायाब (crossing) · sh gȃz (crossing) · et koolmekoht (crossing) · pt vau (crossing) · he מעבר (crossing) · da vadested (crossing) · mi kauanga (crossing) · ja 浅瀬 (crossing) · ba кисеү (crossing) · nds-de Föörd (crossing) · br roudouz (crossing) · sl brod (crossing) · la vadum (crossing) · sv vadställe (crossing) · br red (crossing) · io vadeyo (crossing) · sk brod (crossing) · de Fjord (stream; current) · tr geçit (crossing) · ru брод (crossing) · sh brȏd (crossing) · fa پایاب (crossing) · uk брід (crossing) · nl voorde (crossing) · cmn 淺灘 /浅滩 (crossing) · lv brasls (crossing) · hy ծանծաղուտ (crossing) · ru перепра́ва (crossing) · fr gué (crossing) · ga áth (crossing) · fi kahluupaikka (crossing) · kim кеъһиғ (crossing) · ug كېچىك (crossing) · tt кичү (crossing) · lt brasta (crossing) · fur vâd (crossing) · hu gázló (crossing) · fo vað (crossing) · de Furt (crossing) · is vað (crossing) · af drif (crossing) · gd àth (crossing) · fa گدار (crossing) · sh га̑з (crossing) · gl vao (crossing) · kum гечив (crossing) · nb vadeplass (crossing) · cs brod (crossing) · hi घाट (crossing) · ca gual (crossing) · nog кешуьв (crossing) · hu átjáró (crossing) · ug кечик (crossing) · fa فرناد (crossing) · ro vad (crossing) · ms tohor (crossing) · mi kauranga (crossing) · krc кёчюу (crossing) · it guado (crossing) · ar مَخَاضَة (crossing) · az bərə (crossing) · cy rhyd (crossing) · eo vadejo (crossing) · mnc ᡩᠣᡤᠣᠨ (crossing) · vi chỗ cạn (crossing) · sh бро̑д (crossing) · pl bród (crossing) · sq va (crossing)

ford en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /foəd/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /fo(ː)ɹd/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /fɔɹd/ (General-American)
  • /-fəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-fɚd/ (General-American)

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”).

Meanings

  1. To cross a stream by walking through it.
    • 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. 1982, Nadine Gordimer, “A Hunting Accident”, in A Soldier's Embrace, Penguin, page 59:
    • 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. 1903, Mary Hunter Austin, The Land of Little Rain, Houghton Mifflin, pages 31–2:
    • He named that place, for it was near her dwelling, and on the road between Balerynie and Heriotside, which fords the Sker Burn. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
    • 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.
  2. (broadly) To traverse any precarious environment.
    • 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. 2013 December 2, Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, “The Antiman”, in Munyori Literary Journal:
    • I spent several days fording through dense jungle. 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
foorth alternative lexicographic
forded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forded Tense=Past lexicographic
fording Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fords Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

reford · fordable · forder · fording

Translations (34)

pt vadear (to cross a stream) · lv pārbrist (to cross a stream) · ja 渉る (to cross a stream) · he עָבַר (to cross a stream) · it guadare (to cross a stream) · gl vadear (to cross a stream) · bg прегазвам (to cross a stream) · ba кисеү (to cross a stream) · ny kuyámbuka (to cross a stream) · ba кисеп сығыу (to cross a stream) · sh pregaziti (to cross a stream) · cs brodit (to cross a stream) · no vade (to cross a stream) · pl przeprawić (to cross a stream) · es vadear (to cross a stream) · tum kwambuka (to cross a stream) · cmn(to cross a stream) · mk бро́ди (to cross a stream) · sh prebroditi (to cross a stream) · de durchqueren (to cross a stream) · cmn 涉過 /涉过 (to cross a stream) · ka ფონზე გასვლა (to cross a stream) · ja 渡る (to cross a stream) · nl doorwaden (to cross a stream) · io vadar (to cross a stream) · fr passer à gué (to cross a stream) · cs přebrodit (to cross a stream) · cmn(to cross a stream) · fi kahlata (to cross a stream) · ru переходи́ть вброд (to cross a stream) · ru перейти́ вброд (to cross a stream) · lv brist (to cross a stream) · gl abancar (to cross a stream) · eo travadi (to cross a stream)