ford
part of speech
noun (a ford, fords); verb (ford, fords, forded, fording); Ford (a name)
meaning for a pupil
1) A ford is a shallow place in a river or stream where you can walk, ride or drive across. tree →
2) To ford a river means to cross it at a shallow place. tree →
3) Ford is a family name and the name of a car company. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a shallow place where a river can be crossed on foot. The Jabbok ford is where Jacob crossed, and the fords of the Jordan and the Arnon were also important crossing points, often guarded or seized in war. Interpretation: Jacob crossed the Jabbok ford and was alone that night, when he wrestled with a stranger. Tradition reads it as the turning point where he becomes Israel. The prophets mention fords as places where an enemy could trap people, as with Babylon's fords being seized and Moab's daughters waiting at the Arnon like scattered birds. In the primary lessons: In geography and history: many towns grew at fords (Oxford, Bradford, Stratford). In safety: never try to drive or walk through a flooded ford — water can sweep you away. Phrases: cross at the ford, ford a river.
examples
- And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok. (Torah GEN.32.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. (Prophets JER.51.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon. (Prophets ISA.16.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords; and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, the gate was shut. (Prophets JOS.2.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- The horses crossed the river at the ford. tree →
- Oxford was named after a ford where oxen crossed. tree →
- The road has a ford instead of a bridge. tree →
- The settlers forded the stream with their wagons. tree →
- Do not drive through the ford when it is flooded. tree →
- Dad's first car was a Ford. tree →
- Renelde waded the ford, returned to the hut, and sat down to spin. tree →
note
Countable: a ford. As a name, write Ford with a capital letter. Place names ending in -ford tell us there was once a river crossing. Safety: only 15 centimetres of fast water can knock you down.
In the corpora
- And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
- Henry Ford's moving assembly line, started in 1913, made cars cheap enough for many families.
Trees and pragmatics
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