ford

1. 1.

   cross a river where it's shallow

   Broadertraverse

Other forms of ford

plural

fords·

past tense

forded·

present participle

fording·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ford

What does ford mean?

ford means "United States film maker (1896-1973)". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ford?

ford has 1 syllable: ford. In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹd/.

What is another word for ford?

Close synonyms include John Ford, Henry Ford II, Edsel Bryant Ford, Ford Madox Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ford a common word?

ford is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ford?

1 word rhymes with ford. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.