Ford (n.)

  1. United States film maker (1896-1973)

    [ Syn: ford , john ford ]

  2. grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)

    [ Syn: ford , henry ford ii ]

  3. son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)

    [ Syn: ford , edsel bryant ford ]

  4. English writer and editor (1873-1939)

    [ Syn: ford , ford madox ford , ford hermann hueffer ]

  5. 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)

    [ Syn: ford , gerald ford , gerald r. ford , gerald rudolph ford , president ford ]

  6. United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)

    [ Syn: ford , henry ford ]

  7. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

    [ Syn: crossing ]

  8. the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse

    [ Syn: fording ]

    ford (v.)

  1. cross a river where it's shallow

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