"ford" meaning in English

See ford in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɔːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɔɹd/ [General-American], /fo(ː)ɹd/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /foəd/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-us-ford.ogg [US] Forms: fords [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Etymology: From Middle English ford, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Cognate with firth and fjord (via Old Norse), Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord, and more distantly with English port (via Latin). See also forth and Persian پل. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per- (fare)|*-tus}}, {{inh|en|enm|ford}} Middle English ford, {{inh|en|ang|ford}} Old English ford, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*furdu}} Proto-West Germanic *furdu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*furduz}} Proto-Germanic *furduz, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*pértus|t=crossing}} Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), {{doublet|en|firth|fjord|notext=1}} firth and fjord, {{cog|non|-}} Old Norse, {{cog|nds|Föörd}} Low German Föörd, {{cog|nl|voord}} Dutch voord, {{cog|de|Furt}} German Furt, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|da|fjord}} Danish fjord, {{doublet|en|port|notext=1}} port, {{cog|la|-}} Latin, {{m|en|forth}} forth, {{cog|fa|پل}} Persian پل Head templates: {{en-noun}} ford (plural fords)
  1. A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing. Translations (crossing): drif (Afrikaans), va [feminine, masculine] (Albanian), مَخاضَة (maḵāḍa) [feminine] (Arabic), مَخاض (maḵāḍ) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), مَخاوِض (maḵāwiḍ) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), مَخاضات [feminine, plural] (Arabic), ծանծաղուտ (cancaġut) (Armenian), çay keçidi (Azerbaijani), dayaz yer (Azerbaijani), bərə (Azerbaijani), кисеү (kisew) (Bashkir), ibi (Basque), брод (brod) [masculine] (Belarusian), roudouz (Breton), red [feminine] (Breton), брод (brod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gual [masculine] (Catalan), 淺灘 (Chinese Mandarin), 浅滩 (qiǎntān) (Chinese Mandarin), (jīn) (Chinese Mandarin), keçit (Crimean Tatar), brod [masculine] (Czech), vadested [neuter] (Danish), voorde [common-gender] (Dutch), doorwaardbare plaats [common-gender] (Dutch), vadejo (Esperanto), koolmekoht (Estonian), vað [neuter] (Faroese), kahlaamo (Finnish), kahlauspaikka (Finnish), kahluupaikka (Finnish), gué [masculine] (French), vât [masculine] (Friulian), vâd [masculine] (Friulian), vao [masculine] (Galician), abanqueiro [masculine] (Galician), porto [masculine] (Galician), ფონი (poni) (Georgian), Furt [feminine] (German), מעבר (maavár) [masculine] (Hebrew), पाँझ (pāñjh) (Hindi), पायाब (pāyāb) (Hindi), घाट (ghāṭ) (Hindi), gázló (Hungarian), átjáró (Hungarian), vað [neuter] (Icelandic), vadeyo (Ido), áth [masculine] (Irish), guado [masculine] (Italian), 浅瀬 (asase) (alt: あさせ) (Japanese), 洗い越し (araigoshi) (alt: あらいごし) (Japanese), кёчюу (köçüu) (Karachay-Balkar), өткел (ötkel) (Kazakh), кичіг (kiçìg) (Khakas), гечив (geçiw) (Kumyk), кечүү (kecüü) (Kyrgyz), vadum [neuter] (Latin), brasls [masculine] (Latvian), brasta [feminine] (Lithuanian), Föörd [German-Low-German] (Low German), брод (brod) [masculine] (Macedonian), tohor (Malay), tohor sungai (Malay), ᡩᠣᡤᠣᠨ (dogon) (Manchu), kauranga (Maori), kauanga (Maori), кешуьв (keşüv) (Nogai), vadeplass [masculine] (Norwegian), vadested [neuter] (Norwegian), áth [masculine] (Old Irish), فرناد (farnâd) (Persian), پایاب (pâyâb) (Persian), گدار (godâr) (Persian), bród [masculine] (Polish), vau [masculine] (Portuguese), vad [neuter] (Romanian), брод (brod) [masculine] (Russian), перепра́ва (perepráva) [feminine] (Russian), àth [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), gaz [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), бро̑д [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), га̑з [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), brȏd [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gȃz [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), кежиг (kežig) (Shor), brod [masculine] (Slovak), brod [masculine] (Slovene), кечӱ (kečü) (Southern Altai), vado [masculine] (Spanish), vadställe [neuter] (Swedish), dabaw (Tagalog), кичү (kiçü) (Tatar), кеъһиғ (ke"hiġ) (Tofa), кежиг (kejig) (Tuvan), брід (brid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), كېچىك (këchik) (Uyghur), кечик (këchik) (Uyghur), kechik (Uzbek), chỗ cạn (Vietnamese), rhyd [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ford-en-noun-4gkC-kR2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 1 16 Disambiguation of 'crossing': 100 0
  2. A stream; a current. Translations (stream; current): Fjord (note: usually one in Scandinavia) [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-ford-en-noun-g6V4B5ey Disambiguation of 'stream; current': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foorth (english: [14th century]) [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /fɔːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɔɹd/ [General-American], /fo(ː)ɹd/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /foəd/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-us-ford.ogg [US] Forms: fords [present, singular, third-person], fording [participle, present], forded [participle, past], forded [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Etymology: From Middle English ford, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Cognate with firth and fjord (via Old Norse), Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord, and more distantly with English port (via Latin). See also forth and Persian پل. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per- (fare)|*-tus}}, {{inh|en|enm|ford}} Middle English ford, {{inh|en|ang|ford}} Old English ford, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*furdu}} Proto-West Germanic *furdu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*furduz}} Proto-Germanic *furduz, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*pértus|t=crossing}} Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), {{doublet|en|firth|fjord|notext=1}} firth and fjord, {{cog|non|-}} Old Norse, {{cog|nds|Föörd}} Low German Föörd, {{cog|nl|voord}} Dutch voord, {{cog|de|Furt}} German Furt, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|da|fjord}} Danish fjord, {{doublet|en|port|notext=1}} port, {{cog|la|-}} Latin, {{m|en|forth}} forth, {{cog|fa|پل}} Persian پل Head templates: {{en-verb}} ford (third-person singular simple present fords, present participle fording, simple past and past participle forded)
  1. To cross a stream using a ford. Derived forms: fordable, forder, fording Translations (to cross a stream): кисеү (kisew) (Bashkir), кисеп сығыу (kisep sığıw) (Bashkir), прегазвам (pregazvam) (Bulgarian), 涉過 (Chinese Mandarin), 涉过 (shèguò) (Chinese Mandarin), brodit (Czech), přebrodit (Czech), doorwaden (Dutch), travadi (Esperanto), kahlata (Finnish), passer à gué (French), vadear (Galician), abancar (Galician), ფონზე გასვლა (ponze gasvla) (Georgian), durchqueren (German), לעבור (laavór) (Hebrew), vadar (Ido), guadare (Italian), 渉る (Japanese), 渡る (Japanese), brist (Latvian), pārbrist (Latvian), бро́ди (bródi) (Macedonian), vade (Norwegian), przeprawić (Polish), vadear (Portuguese), переходи́ть вброд (perexodítʹ vbrod) [imperfective] (Russian), перейти́ вброд (perejtí vbrod) [perfective] (Russian), pregaziti (Serbo-Croatian), prebroditi (Serbo-Croatian), vadear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ford-en-verb-j7wNPTvs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foorth (english: [14th century]) [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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        "A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing."
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "drif"
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "crossing",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "maḵāḍa",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
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            "plural"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "maḵāwiḍ",
          "sense": "crossing",
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            "plural"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
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            "plural"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "cancaġut",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "ծանծաղուտ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "çay keçidi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "dayaz yer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "bərə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "kisew",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кисеү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "ibi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "brod",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "брод"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "roudouz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "red"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "brod",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "брод"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "gual"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "淺灘"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiǎntān",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "浅滩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jīn",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "津"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "keçit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "vadested"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "voorde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "doorwaardbare plaats"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "vadejo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "koolmekoht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vað"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "kahlaamo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "kahlauspaikka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "kahluupaikka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gué"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vât"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vâd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abanqueiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "poni",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "ფონი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Furt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "maavár",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מעבר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pāñjh",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "पाँझ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pāyāb",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "पायाब"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ghāṭ",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "घाट"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "gázló"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "átjáró"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vað"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "vadeyo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "áth"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "áth"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "あさせ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "asase",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "浅瀬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "あらいごし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "araigoshi",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "洗い越し"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "krc",
          "lang": "Karachay-Balkar",
          "roman": "köçüu",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кёчюу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ötkel",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "өткел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kjh",
          "lang": "Khakas",
          "roman": "kiçìg",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кичіг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "geçiw",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "гечив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kecüü",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кечүү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vadum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brasls"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brasta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German"
          ],
          "word": "Föörd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "brod",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "брод"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "tohor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "tohor sungai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "dogon",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "ᡩᠣᡤᠣᠨ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "kauranga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "kauanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "roman": "keşüv",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кешуьв"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vadeplass"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vadested"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "farnâd",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "فرناد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pâyâb",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "پایاب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "godâr",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "گدار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bród"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "brod",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "брод"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perepráva",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "перепра́ва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "àth"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "бро̑д"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "га̑з"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brȏd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gȃz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cjs",
          "lang": "Shor",
          "roman": "kežig",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кежиг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "kečü",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кечӱ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vadställe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "dabaw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "kiçü",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кичү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kim",
          "lang": "Tofa",
          "roman": "ke\"hiġ",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кеъһиғ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "kejig",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кежиг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "brid",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "брід"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "këchik",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "كېچىك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "këchik",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "кечик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "kechik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "word": "chỗ cạn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "crossing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        }
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        "A stream; a current."
      ],
      "id": "en-ford-en-noun-g6V4B5ey",
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        [
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          "stream"
        ],
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          "current",
          "current"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "11 89",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "usually one in Scandinavia",
          "sense": "stream; current",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Fjord"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔɹd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fo(ː)ɹd/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/foəd/",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)d"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-ford.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-us-ford.ogg/En-us-ford.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-ford.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "[14th century]",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "foorth"
    }
  ],
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    "ford (disambiguation)"
  ],
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}

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*per- (fare)",
        "4": "*-tus"
      },
      "expansion": "",
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    },
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        "3": "ford"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "firth and fjord",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "-"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Föörd"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Föörd",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "voord"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch voord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Furt"
      },
      "expansion": "German Furt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fjord"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish fjord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "port",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "port",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forth"
      },
      "expansion": "forth",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "پل"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian پل",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English ford, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).\nCognate with firth and fjord (via Old Norse), Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord, and more distantly with English port (via Latin). See also forth and Persian پل.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fords",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fording",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "fordable"
        },
        {
          "word": "forder"
        },
        {
          "word": "fording"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide",
          "text": "He named that place, for it was near her dwelling, and on the road between Balerynie and Heriotside, which fords the Sker Burn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, Mary Hunter Austin, The Land of Little Rain, Houghton Mifflin, pages 31–2",
          "text": "Since the time of Seyavi the deer have shifted their feeding ground across the valley at the beginning of deep snows, by way of the Black Rock, fording the river at Charley's Butte, and making straight for the mouth of the cañon that is the easiest going to the winter pastures on Waban.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Nadine Gordimer, “A Hunting Accident”, in A Soldier's Embrace, Penguin, page 59",
          "text": "Ratau drove with reckless authority through the quiet morning fires of his father's and forefathers' town and forded a river of goats on the road leading out of it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2016, Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd, \"EarthSky's meteor shower guide for 2016\" in earthsky.org, http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide\nSome who witnessed the 1966 Leonid meteor storm said they felt as if they needed to grip the ground, so strong was the impression of Earth plowing along through space, fording the meteoroid stream."
        }
      ],
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        "To cross a stream using a ford."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "kisew",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "кисеү"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "kisep sığıw",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "кисеп сығыу"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pregazvam",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "прегазвам"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "涉過"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shèguò",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "涉过"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "brodit"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "přebrodit"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "doorwaden"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "travadi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "kahlata"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "passer à gué"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "vadear"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "abancar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ponze gasvla",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "ფონზე გასვლა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "durchqueren"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "laavór",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "לעבור"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "vadar"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "guadare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "渉る"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "渡る"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "brist"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "pārbrist"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bródi",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "бро́ди"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "vade"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "przeprawić"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "vadear"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perexodítʹ vbrod",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "переходи́ть вброд"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perejtí vbrod",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "перейти́ вброд"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "pregaziti"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "prebroditi"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cross a stream",
          "word": "vadear"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔɹd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fo(ː)ɹd/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/foəd/",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)d"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-ford.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-us-ford.ogg/En-us-ford.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-ford.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "[14th century]",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "foorth"
    }
  ],
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    "ford (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "ford"
}
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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *-tus",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (fare)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for gender in Breton entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)d",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)d/1 syllable"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Bathford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Brentford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Camelford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chandler's Ford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Colyford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Crayford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dartford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eaton Ford"
    },
    {
      "word": "fordless"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kentford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Latchford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Old Ford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oxford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rocky Ford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stakeford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tideford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yeoford"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "4": "*-tus"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "ford"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English ford",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ford"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*furdu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *furdu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*furduz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *furduz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pértus",
        "t": "crossing"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "firth",
        "3": "fjord",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "firth and fjord",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Föörd"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Föörd",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "voord"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch voord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Furt"
      },
      "expansion": "German Furt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fjord"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish fjord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "port",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "port",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forth"
      },
      "expansion": "forth",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "پل"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian پل",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English ford, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).\nCognate with firth and fjord (via Old Norse), Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord, and more distantly with English port (via Latin). See also forth and Persian پل.",
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    {
      "form": "fords",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ford (plural fords)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shallow",
          "shallow"
        ],
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ],
        [
          "crossing",
          "crossing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A stream; a current."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔɹd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fo(ː)ɹd/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/foəd/",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)d"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-ford.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "english": "[14th century]",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "foorth"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "drif"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "va"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maḵāḍa",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَخاضَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maḵāḍ",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مَخاض"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maḵāwiḍ",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مَخاوِض"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مَخاضات"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cancaġut",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "ծանծաղուտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "çay keçidi"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "dayaz yer"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "bərə"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kisew",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кисеү"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "ibi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "brod",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брод"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "roudouz"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "red"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "brod",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gual"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "淺灘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiǎntān",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "浅滩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīn",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "津"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "keçit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brod"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vadested"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "voorde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "doorwaardbare plaats"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "vadejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "koolmekoht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vað"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "kahlaamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "kahlauspaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "kahluupaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gué"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vât"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vâd"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vao"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abanqueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "poni",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "ფონი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Furt"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maavár",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מעבר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pāñjh",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "पाँझ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pāyāb",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "पायाब"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ghāṭ",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "घाट"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "gázló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "átjáró"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vað"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "vadeyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "áth"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "áth"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guado"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あさせ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "asase",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "浅瀬"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あらいごし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "araigoshi",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "洗い越し"
    },
    {
      "code": "krc",
      "lang": "Karachay-Balkar",
      "roman": "köçüu",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кёчюу"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ötkel",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "өткел"
    },
    {
      "code": "kjh",
      "lang": "Khakas",
      "roman": "kiçìg",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кичіг"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "geçiw",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "гечив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kecüü",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кечүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vadum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brasls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "Föörd"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "brod",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "tohor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "tohor sungai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "dogon",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "ᡩᠣᡤᠣᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "kauranga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "kauanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "keşüv",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кешуьв"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vadeplass"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vadested"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "farnâd",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "فرناد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pâyâb",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "پایاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "godâr",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "گدار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bród"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brod",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perepráva",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перепра́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àth"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бро̑д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "га̑з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brȏd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gȃz"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjs",
      "lang": "Shor",
      "roman": "kežig",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кежиг"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brod"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "kečü",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кечӱ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vadställe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "dabaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "kiçü",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кичү"
    },
    {
      "code": "kim",
      "lang": "Tofa",
      "roman": "ke\"hiġ",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кеъһиғ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "kejig",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кежиг"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "brid",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брід"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "këchik",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "كېچىك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "këchik",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "кечик"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "kechik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "word": "chỗ cạn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rhyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "usually one in Scandinavia",
      "sense": "stream; current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fjord"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ford (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "ford"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *-tus",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (fare)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for gender in Breton entries",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)d/1 syllable"
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      "word": "fordable"
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      "word": "forder"
    },
    {
      "word": "fording"
    }
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "ford"
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      "expansion": "Middle English ford",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "ford"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "firth",
        "3": "fjord",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "firth and fjord",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Föörd"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Föörd",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "voord"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch voord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Furt"
      },
      "expansion": "German Furt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fjord"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish fjord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "port",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "port",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forth"
      },
      "expansion": "forth",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "پل"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian پل",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English ford, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).\nCognate with firth and fjord (via Old Norse), Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord, and more distantly with English port (via Latin). See also forth and Persian پل.",
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      "form": "fords",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fording",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "forded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide",
          "text": "He named that place, for it was near her dwelling, and on the road between Balerynie and Heriotside, which fords the Sker Burn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, Mary Hunter Austin, The Land of Little Rain, Houghton Mifflin, pages 31–2",
          "text": "Since the time of Seyavi the deer have shifted their feeding ground across the valley at the beginning of deep snows, by way of the Black Rock, fording the river at Charley's Butte, and making straight for the mouth of the cañon that is the easiest going to the winter pastures on Waban.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Nadine Gordimer, “A Hunting Accident”, in A Soldier's Embrace, Penguin, page 59",
          "text": "Ratau drove with reckless authority through the quiet morning fires of his father's and forefathers' town and forded a river of goats on the road leading out of it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2016, Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd, \"EarthSky's meteor shower guide for 2016\" in earthsky.org, http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide\nSome who witnessed the 1966 Leonid meteor storm said they felt as if they needed to grip the ground, so strong was the impression of Earth plowing along through space, fording the meteoroid stream."
        }
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        "To cross a stream using a ford."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/fɔɹd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fo(ː)ɹd/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/foəd/",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)d"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-ford.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "[14th century]",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "foorth"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kisew",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "кисеү"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kisep sığıw",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "кисеп сығыу"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregazvam",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "прегазвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "涉過"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèguò",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "涉过"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "brodit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "přebrodit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "doorwaden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "travadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "kahlata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "passer à gué"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "vadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "abancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ponze gasvla",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "ფონზე გასვლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "durchqueren"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "laavór",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "לעבור"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "vadar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "guadare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "渉る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "渡る"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "brist"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "pārbrist"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bródi",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "бро́ди"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "vade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "przeprawić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "vadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perexodítʹ vbrod",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переходи́ть вброд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perejtí vbrod",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перейти́ вброд"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "pregaziti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "prebroditi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cross a stream",
      "word": "vadear"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ford (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "ford"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2386",
  "msg": "inconsistent language codes no vs nb in translation item: 't' {1: 'nb', 2: 'vadested', 3: 'n'}",
  "path": [
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    "t"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ford",
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}

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