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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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It is thought the 43-year-old former wing's car was swept away while he tried to drive across a Northumbrian ford during Storm Darragh last month.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

They have been scouring the area around Abberwick ford where a minor road crosses the River Aln near the village of Bolton in North Northumberland.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024

A third man, in his 80s, died after driving into a ford in Colne, Lancashire.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 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

So I always go as far as the ford, where the river spills across the path, and then I head back.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.