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ford

[fawrd, fohrd] / fɔrd, foʊrd /
VERB
cross
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cruise cut across navigate pass over ply sail span traverse
STRONG
bridge criss-cross meet voyage zigzag
WEAK
extend over go across move across
Antonyms
WEAK
remain stay
VERB
span
Synonyms
STRONGEST
connect cover cross extend traverse
STRONG
arch bridge link range reach vault
WEAK
go across pass over
Antonyms
STRONG
disconnect unlink
WEAK
compress concentrate condense shorten
VERB
wade
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bathe paddle splash stumble trek
STRONG
attack attempt drudge initiate labor launch start tackle toil walk
WEAK
fall to get feet wet get stuck in go for jump in light into pitch in set about set to tear into work through
Antonyms
STRONG
avoid be lazy conclude dodge end finish idle ignore laze neglect stop

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According to a council report, an average of 1,900 vehicles used to go down Rufford Lane every day before the ford closed.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

Part of Rufford Lane - where the ford was located - was then closed to vehicles on 2 December 2022.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

A ford has existed in the same spot for hundreds of years - and cars, vans, lorries and tractors have been crossing it likely since the invention of the motor vehicle.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

But apart from the loss of an unlikely tourist attraction, are there downsides to closing the ford permanently?

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

“Nhe swam the Eske river where ford there was none; Buttair he alighted at Netherby Gate, The bridehad cunsended, the gallantcame late. ”

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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