Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ford
Participle: forded
Gerund: fording
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ford |
| you | ford |
| he;she;it | fords |
| we | ford |
| you | ford |
| they | ford |
Perfect
| I | have forded |
| you | have forded |
| he;she;it | has forded |
| we | have forded |
| you | have forded |
| they | have forded |
Past
| I | forded |
| you | forded |
| he;she;it | forded |
| we | forded |
| you | forded |
| they | forded |
Pluperfect
| I | had forded |
| you | had forded |
| he;she;it | had forded |
| we | had forded |
| you | had forded |
| they | had forded |
Future
| I | will ford |
| you | will ford |
| he;she;it | will ford |
| we | will ford |
| you | will ford |
| they | will ford |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forded |
| you | will have forded |
| he;she;it | will have forded |
| we | will have forded |
| you | will have forded |
| they | will have forded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ford |
| you | ford |
| he;she;it | ford |
| we | ford |
| you | ford |
| they | ford |
Perfect
| I | have forded |
| you | have forded |
| he;she;it | have forded |
| we | have forded |
| you | have forded |
| they | have forded |
Imperfect
| I | forded |
| you | forded |
| he;she;it | forded |
| we | forded |
| you | forded |
| they | forded |
Pluperfect
| I | had forded |
| you | had forded |
| he;she;it | had forded |
| we | had forded |
| you | had forded |
| they | had forded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ford |
| you | would ford |
| he;she;it | would ford |
| we | would ford |
| you | would ford |
| they | would ford |
Perfect
| I | would have forded |
| you | would have forded |
| he;she;it | would have forded |
| we | would have forded |
| you | would have forded |
| they | would have forded |
Imperative
| you | ford |
| we | Let's ford |
| you | ford |
Verbs conjugated like 'ford'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ford'
cord,
fard,
fold,
fond,
food,
fordo,
fork,
form,
fort,
lord,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. ford, from P.Gmc. *furdhus (cf. O.Fris. forda, O.H.G. furt, Ger. Furt "ford"), from PIE *prtus (cf. L. portus "harbor," originally "entrance, passage;" O.Welsh rit, Welsh rhyd "ford;" O.E. faran "to go;" see port (1)). The verb is attested from 1614. The line of automobiles is named for U.S. manufacturer Henry Ford (1863-1947).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *per-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
5. Proto-Indo-European *pértus
6. Proto-Germanic *furduz
7. Proto-West Germanic *furdu
8. Old English ford
9. English ford
10. From Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).
11. 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”).
Sample Sentences
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He named that place, for it was near her dwelling, and on the road between Balerynie and Heriotside, which fords the Sker Burn. [1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:]
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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. [1903, Mary Hunter Austin, The Land of Little Rain, Houghton Mifflin, pages 31–2:]
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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. [1982, Nadine Gordimer, “A Hunting Accident”, in A Soldier's Embrace, Penguin, page 59:]
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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
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Some 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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I spent several days fording through dense jungle. [2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:]
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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. [2013 December 2, Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, “The Antiman”, in Munyori Literary Journal:]