Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ford

8 senses of ford

Sense 1
Ford, John Ford -- (United States film maker (1896-1973))
       INSTANCE OF=> film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker -- (a producer of motion pictures)

Sense 2
Ford, Henry Ford II -- (grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987))
       INSTANCE OF=> industrialist -- (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

Sense 3
Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford -- (son of Henry Ford (1893-1943))
       INSTANCE OF=> industrialist -- (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

Sense 4
Ford, Ford Madox Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer -- (English writer and editor (1873-1939))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 5
Ford, Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford -- (38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-))
       INSTANCE OF=> President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive -- (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning")

Sense 6
Ford, Henry Ford -- (United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947))
       INSTANCE OF=> industrialist -- (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

Sense 7
ford, crossing -- (a shallow area in a stream that can be forded)
       => body of water, water -- (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge")

Sense 8
ford, fording -- (the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse)
       => crossing -- (traveling across)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ford

1 sense of ford

Sense 1
ford -- (cross a river where it's shallow)
       => traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across -- (travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day")