ford
noun
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
forded
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past participleof ford.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ford.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fordnouna place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
Example Sentences
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He has picked his way across roads and railways, forded local streams and swum across the River Danube.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
Akil continues down the road that Blume's 1975 novel forded, accurately capturing adolescence's hidden longing and confusion.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
Klemperer and his colleagues, including collaborators in China, traversed dirt roads and forded streams to collect samples from some 200 natural springs across nearly 1000 kilometers of southern Tibet.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
In the unforgiving terrain of the east, such as in the Korengal Valley, the boots broke down quickly as soldiers made strenuous climbs and forded ice-cold streams.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2021
We forded over to Noddle’s Island across the low Channel, climbing up the Rocks in double File, crouched like Crabs for Footing.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
