ford

noun

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.”

2. A stream; a current.

   “With water of the ford / Or of the clouds.”

   “Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford.”

3. A make of car, named for Henry Ford, or a car (or other vehicle) of this make.

   “They have a Ford car now, and she don't seem so far away from me as she used to.”

   “There were several of us and we had a little caravan — the Lanchester, a Packard, and a Ford or two.”

   “It is easy to see why the modern car manufacturer does not enjoy the eminence of a Ford or an Olds.”

   “It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me”

   “Why don't you go round the country with a Ford van, preaching on market days?”

verb

1. To 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.”

   “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.”

   “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.”

   “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.”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a ford.

   “We spoke to Ford and other hairstylists over 40 about what to expect from these changes and how to treat them. Read on for the experts’ tips for helping your hair age gracefully.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A male given name transferred from the surname.
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