Ford
    n 1: United States film maker (1896-1973) [syn: Ford, John
         Ford]
    2: grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [syn: Ford, Henry Ford
       II]
    3: son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) [syn: Ford, Edsel Bryant
       Ford]
    4: English writer and editor (1873-1939) [syn: Ford, Ford
       Madox Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer]
    5: 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president
       and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-) [syn: Ford,
       Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford,
       President Ford]
    6: United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass
       production (1863-1947) [syn: Ford, Henry Ford]
    7: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford,
       crossing]
    8: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car
       or on a horse [syn: ford, fording]
    v 1: cross a river where it's shallow

Ford \Ford\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Fording.]
   To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to
   wade through.
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         His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to
         be forted.                               --Milton.
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Ford \Ford\ (f[=o]rd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel.
   fj["o]r[eth]r bay, and to E. fare. [root]78. See Fare, v.
   i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.]
   1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed
      by man or beast on foot, by wading.
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            He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. A stream; a current.
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            With water of the ford
            Or of the clouds.                     --Spenser.
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            Permit my ghost to pass the Styg?an ford. --Dryden.
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Ford
   Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh.
   2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must have been very numerous;
   about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara.
   Mention is also made of the ford of the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and
   of the fords of Arnon (Isa. 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jer.
   51:32).
   

Ford -- U.S. County in Illinois
   Population (2000):    14241
   Housing Units (2000): 6060
   Land area (2000):     485.899192 sq. miles (1258.473076 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.517324 sq. miles (1.339862 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    486.416516 sq. miles (1259.812938 sq. km)
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             40.552455 N, 88.223413 W
   Headwords:
    Ford
    Ford, IL
    Ford County
    Ford County, IL

Ford -- U.S. County in Kansas
   Population (2000):    32458
   Housing Units (2000): 11650
   Land area (2000):     1098.498110 sq. miles (2845.096923 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.788199 sq. miles (2.041426 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1099.286309 sq. miles (2847.138349 sq. km)
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             37.720186 N, 99.912921 W
   Headwords:
    Ford
    Ford, KS
    Ford County
    Ford County, KS

Ford, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    314
   Housing Units (2000): 121
   Land area (2000):     0.419623 sq. miles (1.086819 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.419623 sq. miles (1.086819 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            23725
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             37.635977 N, 99.753013 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     67842
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Ford, KS
    Ford