| Ford 1. (n.) A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. 2. (n.) A stream; a current. 3. (v. t.) To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. Thesaurus Entries access, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, artery, avenue, bank, bar, bestride, bypass, channel, cloister, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection, coral reef, corridor, covered way, cross, defile, exit, ferry, flat, gallery, get ahead of, go across, go by, inlet, interchange, intersection, junction, lane, opening, outlet, overpass, overstride, pass, pass by, pass over, passage, passageway, portico, railroad tunnel, reef, sandbank, sandbar, shallow, shallows, shelf, shoal, shoal water, shoot ahead of, step over, straddle, tidal flats, traject, trajet, tunnel, underpass, wetlands |