noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ford a river (= cross a river on foot, in a vehicle, or on a horse, without using a bridge )
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The water was shallow enough for us to be able to ford the river.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fords and bridge sites often change little over the years and Watkins cites several examples of leys crossing rivers at fords.
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At any rate, Ramsay reached the Town ford relieved to find no one there.
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By dawn the creek was out of its banks and roaring over the concrete ford .
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Chariots can not move over obstacles or difficult terrain except to cross a river at a bridge or ford .
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Hiding and sleeping by day, they were watching a ford of the river by night.
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Once across the ford leave the track and walk through the fields by the burn side.
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So the hiding-places must be reasonably near a suitable ford of Teviot.
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The colours of the stripes stand ford courage and sacrifice, truth and peace and faith and chivalry.