English Explanatory Dictionary

ford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
  2. A stream; a current.
verb
  1. To cross a stream by walking through it.
name
  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a ford.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename:
  4. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
  5. A number of places in England:
  6. A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7709).
  7. A hamlet in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4080).
  8. A suburb of Plymouth, Devon (OS grid ref SX4656).
  9. A hamlet in Holbeton parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6150).
  10. A hamlet in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0829).
  11. A hamlet in Ford and Stoke Prior parish, south of Leominster, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5155)
  12. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3398).
noun
  1. A make of car, named for Henry Ford, or a car (or other vehicle) of this make.

Pronunciation

/fɔːd/ /fɔɹd/ en-us-ford.ogg /fo(ː)ɹd/ /foəd/ /-fəd/ /-fɚd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ford.wav

Word forms

ford fords foorth fording forded fforde

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértus Proto-Germanic *furduz Proto-West Germanic *furdu Old English ford English ford Inherited from Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Doublet of firth, fjord, and fjard, all via Old Norse; and port, distantly via Latin. Cognate with Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord. See also forth and Persian پل (pol, “bridge”).

Synonyms

water-splash

Related words

Foord Forde

Derived words

Abbotsford Alford Alfords Point Allansford Allerford Ammanford Ashford Avisford Ayrford Batesford Bathford Battleford Bedford Bedfordale Bedford Park Beechford Belford Beresford Beverford Blackford Blandford Boxford Bradford Brantford Brayford Brentford Bridgeford Broadford Byford Camelford Carlingford Castleford Chandler's Ford Chelmsford Colyford Cranford Crawford Crawford River Crayford Dalysford Dartford Daylesford Deptford East Gosford East Gresford Eaton Ford Evansford Exford Failford fordage Ford Green fordless Fords Fords Bridge Fordtown Fordwich Frankford Franklinford Fyansford Gainsford
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