The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to
         be forted.                               --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. A stream; a current.
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            With water of the ford
            Or of the clouds.                     --Spenser.
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            Permit my ghost to pass the Styg?an ford. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "ford":
   access, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, artery, avenue,
   bank, bar, bestride, bypass, channel, cloister, colonnade,
   communication, conduit, connection, coral reef, corridor,
   covered way, cross, defile, exit, ferry, flat, gallery,
   get ahead of, go across, go by, inlet, interchange, intersection,
   junction, lane, opening, outlet, overpass, overstride, pass,
   pass by, pass over, passage, passageway, portico, railroad tunnel,
   reef, sandbank, sandbar, shallow, shallows, shelf, shoal,
   shoal water, shoot ahead of, step over, straddle, tidal flats,
   traject, trajet, tunnel, underpass, wetlands



Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Ford
   Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh.
   2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must have been very numerous;
   about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara.
   Mention is also made of the ford of the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and
   of the fords of Arnon (Isa. 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jer.
   51:32).


U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Ford -- U.S. County in Illinois
   Population (2000):    14241
   Housing Units (2000): 6060
   Land area (2000):     485.899192 sq. miles (1258.473076 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.517324 sq. miles (1.339862 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    486.416516 sq. miles (1259.812938 sq. km)
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             40.552455 N, 88.223413 W
   Headwords:
    Ford
    Ford, IL
    Ford County
    Ford County, IL


U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Ford -- U.S. County in Kansas
   Population (2000):    32458
   Housing Units (2000): 11650
   Land area (2000):     1098.498110 sq. miles (2845.096923 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.788199 sq. miles (2.041426 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1099.286309 sq. miles (2847.138349 sq. km)
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             37.720186 N, 99.912921 W
   Headwords:
    Ford
    Ford, KS
    Ford County
    Ford County, KS


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Ford, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    314
   Housing Units (2000): 121
   Land area (2000):     0.419623 sq. miles (1.086819 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.419623 sq. miles (1.086819 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            23725
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             37.635977 N, 99.753013 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     67842
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Ford, KS
    Ford