A ford is a place where a road or path crosses a river or small stream. The water is not deep there, so people or cars can go across easily.
We crossed the river at the ford.
The car stopped before the shallow ford.
Ford is the name of a company that builds many vehicles, like cars and trucks. It is well known in the United States and around the world.
My father drives a Ford car.
Ford makes many kinds of trucks.
To ford means to go through a shallow part of a river or stream. People or vehicles go into the water to get to the other side.
They forded the river on foot.
The car forded the stream easily.
In some expressions, ford can mean crossing a limit or going beyond acceptable rules. This use is less common and figurative.
She forded the line and broke the rules.
Don't ford the line at work.
In civil engineering, a ford refers to a crossing over a river or stream built at a shallow point, often without a bridge. It allows vehicles to pass during low water levels.
The ford protects the road during floods.
Engineers designed the ford to reduce costs.
In very specialized tech contexts, FORD has been used as an acronym or code name for specific computer projects or products, but this is rare and technical.
The team worked on FORD last year.
FORD software improved system speed.
