ford
noun
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
have forded
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present perfectof ford.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Streams we could have forded easily enough—Marlene seemed quite happy to go back and forth carrying two of us at a time.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
The forces of Giri have forded the river and are marching overland, but I came ahead with a hundred picked cavalry mounted on swift saddle-dolphins.
From The Golden Amazons of Venus by John Murray Reynolds
I have forded de river dar lots of times.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
Donal would rather have forded the river, and gone to inquire his way at the nearest farm-house, but he thought it polite to walk a little way with the clergyman.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by George MacDonald
The melting of the snow often makes a raging torrent, level from bank to bank, where only a few hours before a horse could have forded the stream without wetting the girths of the saddle.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by James Inglis
