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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /foʊɹd/, /fɔːɹd/
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  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d

[edit] Etymology

Old English ford, (cognate with German Furt).

[edit] Noun

ford (plural fords)

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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to ford (third-person singular simple present fords, present participle fording, simple past and past participle forded)

1. To cross a stream using a ford.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

West Germanic *furdu

[edit] Noun

ford m.

1. ford