ford

name

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a ford.

   “We spoke to Ford and other hairstylists over 40 about what to expect from these changes and how to treat them. Read on for the experts’ tips for helping your hair age gracefully.”

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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noun

1. A make of car, named for Henry Ford, or a car (or other vehicle) of this make.

   “They have a Ford car now, and she don't seem so far away from me as she used to.”

   “There were several of us and we had a little caravan — the Lanchester, a Packard, and a Ford or two.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértus Proto-Germanic *furduz Proto-West Germanic *furdu Old English ford English ford From Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Doublet of firth, fjord, and fjard, all via Old Norse; and port, distantly via Latin. Cognate with Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord. See also forth and Persian پل (pol, “bridge”).

1. To cross a stream by walking through it.

   “He named that place, for it was near her dwelling, and on the road between Balerynie and Heriotside, which fords the Sker Burn.”

   “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.”

2. To traverse any precarious environment.

   “I spent several days fording through dense jungle.”

   “I use my ample shoulders to ford through the crowd, ignoring a curse here, smothering boos here and there, and generally standing my ground in the face of the disapprovals of those I shove.”