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 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
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
If we only could have forded that, we would not have been ousted.
From In the Shadow of Death by P. H. Kritzinger
"You couldn't have forded the Wea this time last week," said the host, addressing Gwynne.
From Viola Gwyn by George Barr McCutcheon
