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views updated Jun 11 2018ford / fôrd/ •
n. a shallow place in a river or stream allowing one to walk or drive across.•
v. [tr.] (of a person or vehicle) cross (a river or stream) at a shallow place.DERIVATIVES: ford·a·ble adj.ford·less adj.
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views updated May 14 2018ford sb. OE.
ford = OFris.
forda, OS.
-ford in place-names (Du.
voorde), (O)HG.
furt :- WGmc. *
furdu (cf. ON.
fiǫrðr FIORD:- *
ferþuz) :- IE. *
pṛtús, repr. also by OW.
rit (W.
rhyd) ford, L.
portus harbour,
PORT1, f. *
por- *
per- *
pṛ- (see
FARE2).
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
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views updated May 29 2018Ford (fɔːd) (
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