[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         his last section, which is no deep one, remains only to
         be forted.                               --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
forded fording 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ford \ford\ f=ord, n. as. ford; akin to g. furt, icel.
   fj"orethr bay, and to e. fare. root78. 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.
      1913 webster

            he swam the esk river where ford there was none.
                                                  --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   2. a stream; a current.
      1913 webster

            with water of the ford
            or of the clouds.                     --spenser.
      1913 webster

            permit my ghost to pass the styg?an ford. --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
fare frith 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ford
     n 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
     v : cross a river where it's shallow
see also:
john ford henry ford ii edsel bryant ford ford madox ford ford hermann hueffer gerald ford 
gerald r. ford gerald rudolph ford president ford henry ford crossing 
fording 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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.
   

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

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 codes: 67842
ford, wa
  zip codes: 99013

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

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

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

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

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

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