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How to pronounce ford
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What does ford mean?
nounA 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 crossin
“He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.”
A stream; a current.
“Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford.”
verbTo cross a stream by walking through it.
“He named that place, for it was near her dwelling, and on the road between Balerynie and Heriotside, which fords the Sker Burn.”
To traverse any precarious environment.
“I spent several days fording through dense jungle.”
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