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Noun: ford  ford
  1. The shallow area of a river or stream where it can be crossed without a bridge
    - crossing
     
  2. The act of crossing a stream or river by wading, in a car or on a horse
    - fording
Verb: ford  ford
  1. Cross a river where it's shallow
Noun: Ford  ford
  1. Son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
    - Edsel Bryant Ford
     
  2. Grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
    - Henry Ford II
     
  3. United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
    - Henry Ford
     
  4. English writer and editor (1873-1939)
    - Ford Madox Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer
     
  5. 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-2006)
    - Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford
     
  6. United States film maker (1896-1973)
    - John Ford

Derived forms: fords, fording, Fords, forded

Type of: author, body of water, Chief Executive, cover, cross, crossing, cut across, cut through, film maker, film producer, filmmaker, get across, get over, industrialist, movie maker, pass over, President, President of the United States, track, traverse, United States President, water, writer

Part of: stream, watercourse

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