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FORD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse

Synonyms:

ford; fording

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("ford" is a kind of...):

crossing (traveling across)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ford"):

shallow fording (fording at a shallow place)

deep fording (fording at a deep place in the stream)

Derivation:

ford (cross a river where it's shallow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shallow area in a stream that can be forded

Synonyms:

crossing; ford

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("ford" is a kind of...):

body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

Holonyms ("ford" is a part of...):

stream; watercourse (a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth)

Derivation:

ford (cross a river where it's shallow)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)

Synonyms:

Ford; Henry Ford

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

Sense 4

Meaning:

38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-2006)

Synonyms:

Ford; Gerald Ford; Gerald R. Ford; Gerald Rudolph Ford; President Ford

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

Sense 5

Meaning:

English writer and editor (1873-1939)

Synonyms:

Ford; Ford Hermann Hueffer; Ford Madox Ford

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)

Synonyms:

Edsel Bryant Ford; Ford

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)

Synonyms:

Ford; Henry Ford II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

Sense 8

Meaning:

United States film maker (1896-1973)

Synonyms:

Ford; John Ford

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

film maker; film producer; filmmaker; movie maker (a producer of motion pictures)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cross a river where it's shallow

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "ford" is one way to...):

cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ford (the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse)

ford (a shallow area in a stream that can be forded)

fording (the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I must buy something at Ford's.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“Then we must send them up Sir Oliver Buttesthorn,” quoth Ford.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Ford did not wait, but ransacked his pockets, with the result of sixty cents.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You were very popular before you came, because you were Mr. Weston's son—but lay out half a guinea at Ford's, and your popularity will stand upon your own virtues.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“And hark to the speech of the folk!” said Ford.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"You next!" he shouted at Mr. Ford.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

At this moment they were approaching Ford's, and he hastily exclaimed, Ha! this must be the very shop that every body attends every day of their lives, as my father informs me.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

And Ford, they are of a south Saxon stock, and of good repute.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"It is too bad—" Mr. Ford began.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“He must be going. He had business at the Crown about his hay, and a great many errands for Mrs. Weston at Ford's, but he need not hurry any body else.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)