United States film maker (1896-1973).

synonym: John Ford.

Grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987).

synonym: Henry Ford II.

Son of Henry Ford (1893-1943).

synonym: Edsel Bryant Ford.

English writer and editor (1873-1939).

synonyms: Ford Hermann Hueffer, Ford Madox Ford.

38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-2006).

synonyms: Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford.

United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947).

synonym: Henry Ford.

A shallow area in a stream that can be forded.

synonym: crossing.

Roget 627: method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise; modus operandi, MO; procedure etc. (line of conduct) 692.    path, road, route, course; line of way, line of road; trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack.    steps; stair, staircase; flight of stairs, ladder, stile; perron^†.    bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway; drawbridge; pass, ford, ferry, tunnel; pipe etc. 260.    door; gateway etc. (opening) 260; channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit^†; artery, lane, loan [Scot.], alley, aisle, lobby, corridor; back-door, back-stairs; secret passage; covert way; vennel^†.    roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir^†, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut etc. (mid-course) 628; carrefour^†; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal etc. (conduit) 350; street etc. (abode) 189; speedway.    adv.. how; in what way, in what manner; by what mode; so, in this way, after this fashion.    one way or another, anyhow; somehow or other etc. (instrumentality) 631; by way of; via; in transitu [Lat.] etc. 270; on the high road to.    ... show more

Polish: bród

The act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse.

synonym: fording.

Dutch: doorwaardbare plaats

Cross a river where it's shallow.

Roget 302: pass, pass through; perforate etc. (hole) 260; penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid^†, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground.    ... show more