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Meaning of ford

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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