Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ford
IPA transcription: [f'ɔɹd]
Pronunciations of ford
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: ford
    Meaning: cross a river where it's shallow
Usage examples
  • Yes, the mother of Ogden Ford.
  • She spoke of a man named George Ford as her owner.
  • But later in the day a heavy crash came from a ford further up the stream.
  • April 14, assassinated in Ford's Theater, Washington, by a mad actor, Wilkes Booth.
  • --The Fight of Heriot's Ford. 'THIS is a cheerful life,' said Dick, some days later.
  • Then they triumphantly placed heavy lines of pickets about the ford on the Union side.
  • Three times in one day windfall and swamp forced the party to ford the stream for passage on the opposite side.
  • He divined at once that Colonel Winchester had that ford in mind, and he was glad to be with him on the march to it.
  • It was too swift and rough to ford, and no bridge tree could be found, for the great floods had cleared everything out of their way.
  • I attempted to ford it where it begins to break in rapids in passing over the moraine, but found it too deep and rough on the bottom.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 2012 phenomenon, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George H. W. Bush, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Stretford, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, License CC BY-SA 4.0