ford : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ford	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for ford
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ford n United States film maker (1896-1973) [syn: Ford, {John Ford}] grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) Synonym(s): Ford, Henry Ford II son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) Synonym(s): Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford English writer and editor (1873-1939) Synonym(s): Ford, Ford Madox Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-) Synonym(s): Ford, Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947) Synonym(s): Ford, Henry Ford a shallow area in a stream that can be forded Synonym(s): ford, crossing the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse Synonym(s): ford, fording v cross a river where it's shallow
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ford \Ford\ (f[omac]rd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. fj[94]r[edh]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 Stygian ford. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ford \Ford\, v. t. [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 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 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).