1. [n]  the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
2. [n]  a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
3. [n]  American manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
4. [n]  38th President of the United States; appointed Vice President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
5. [n]  English writer and editor (1873-1939)
6. [n]  son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
7. [n]  grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
8. [n]  United States film maker (1896-1973)
9. [v]  cross a river where it's shallow

1. \Ford\ (f[=o]rd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel.
   fj["o]r[eth]r bay, and to E. fare. [root] 78. See {Fare}, v.
   i., and cf. {Frith} arm of the sea.]
   1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed
      by man or beast on foot, by wading.
   
            He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
   
   2. A stream; a current.
   
            With water of the ford Or of the clouds. --Spenser.
   
            Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford. --Dryden.
   
   

2. \Ford\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fording}.]
   To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to
   wade through.
   
         His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to
         be forted.                               --Milton.
   
   

Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh. 2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must have been very numerous; about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara. Mention is also made of the ford of the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and of the fords of Arnon (Isa. 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jer. 51:32).