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Webster 1913 Edition

Ford

Ford

(fōrd)
,
Noun.
[AS.
ford
; akin to G.
furt
, Icel.
fjörðr
bay, and to E.
fare
. √78. See
Fare
,
Verb.
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 Styg[GREEK]an
ford
.
Dryden.

Ford

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ford

FORD

, n.
1.
A place in a river or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, or by wading.
2.
A stream; a current.
Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford.

FORD

,
Verb.
T.
To pass or cross a river or other water by treading or walking on the bottom; to pass through water by wading; to wade through.

Definition 2024

förd

förd

See also: ford, Ford, -ford, and ford.

Swedish

Verb

förd

  1. past participle of föra.

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