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ford

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"Shallow river crossing"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /fɔːd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted dforStarts with FEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse

Word origin

From Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Used in a sentence

  • He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
  • With water of the ford / Or of the clouds.
  • Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford.

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