Definitions for FORD

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FORD ford

Spelling: [fawrd, fohrd]

IPA: /fɔrd, foʊrd/

Ford is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in FORD (dfor).

Definitions for FORD

noun

1. a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
2. Elizabeth Bloomer ("Betty") 1918–2011, U.S. First Lady 1974–77 (wife of Gerald R. Ford).
3. Ford Madox [mad-uh ks] /ˈmæd əks/ (Show IPA), (Ford Madox Hueffer) 1873–1939, English novelist, poet, critic, and editor.
4. Gerald R(udolph, Jr.) (Leslie Lynch King, Jr) 1913–2006, U.S. political leader: congressman 1948–73; vice president 1973–74; 38th president of the U.S. 1974–77.
5. Guy Stanton, 1873–1963, U.S. historian, educator, and editor.
6. Henry, 1863–1947, U.S. automobile manufacturer.
7. John, 1586?–c1640, English playwright.
8. John (Sean O'Feeney) 1895–1973, U.S. film director.
9. a male given name.

verb (used with object)

1. to cross (a river, stream, etc.) at a ford.

Origin of FORD

before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Old Frisian forda, German Furt; akin to Old Norse fjǫrthr, fare, port¹

Examples for FORD

And ford, they are of a south Saxon stock, and of good repute.

"They are very quick in these parts," said ford, turning to Alleyne.

ford, now with the Middle East Institute, says that in some ways the strikes have “undermined the moderates.”

The first day of Liberty, I was hanging around waiting for ford to come in.

The summit is sponsored by Credit Suisse, the ford Foundation, and the Investigation Discovery Network.

"I would see him in the claws of the devil first," whispered ford.

"I think that I can see them yet," said ford, peering down the moonlit road.

ford Madox ford raged against English novelists from Henry Fielding to George Meredith.

Byrd was a 49-year-old black man walking home from a party when three white men in a ford pickup offered him a ride.

"Nay, there is no ford nearer than Tourville," answered the old archer.