Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ford \Ford\ (f[=o]rd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel.
   fj["o]r[eth]r bay, and to E. fare. [root] 78. See {Fare}, v.
   i., and cf. {Frith} arm of the sea.]
   1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed
      by man or beast on foot, by wading.

            He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   2. A stream; a current.

            With water of the ford Or of the clouds. --Spenser.

            Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford. --Dryden.

Ford \Ford\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fording}.]
   To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to
   wade through.

         His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to
         be forted.                               --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

Ford
     n 1: United States film maker (1896-1973) [syn: {John Ford}]
     2: grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [syn: {Henry Ford II}]
     3: son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) [syn: {Edsel Bryant Ford}]
     4: English writer and editor (1873-1939) [syn: {Ford Madox Ford},
         {Ford Hermann Hueffer}]
     5: 38th President of the United States; appointed Vice
        President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
        [syn: {Gerald Ford}, {Gerald R. Ford}, {Gerald Rudolph
        Ford}, {President Ford}]
     6: United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass
        production (1863-1947) [syn: {Henry Ford}]
     7: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: {crossing}]
     8: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car
        or on a horse [syn: {fording}]
     v : cross a river where it's shallow