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ford noun [ fɔːd ]

• a shallow place in a river or stream allowing one to walk or drive across.
Similar: crossing place, crossing, causeway, shallow place, drift,

ford verb

• (of a person or vehicle) cross (a river or stream) at a shallow place.
Similar: cross, traverse, wade across, walk across, drive across, travel across, make it across, make one's way across,
Origin: Old English, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch voorde, also to fare.


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