ford
Other forms: forded; fording; fords
When you’re out hiking in the wilderness, you may have to ford a river if there’s no bridge. Roll up your pant legs because you'll have to wade through the water at a shallow point.
The verb ford describes crossing a body of water on foot at a shallow point or driving across it in a vehicle. The idea is that you’re not using a bridge or a boat to cross the water. Ford also has a noun form, meaning a shallow point in a river or stream. So if you ever have to ford a river, make sure you cross at the ford — the shallow point — or you could get very wet.
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cross a river where it's shallowtype of:cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traversetravel across or pass over
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a shallow area in a stream that can be fordedsynonyms: crossingtype of:body of water, waterthe part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
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the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horsesynonyms: fordingtypes:shallow fordingfording at a shallow placedeep fordingfording at a deep place in the streamtype of:crossingtraveling across
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