Ford

  • 51Ford, 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 …

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  • 52ford — [fôrd] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger furt < IE pṛtu, passage < base * per , to transport > FARE, L portus, Goth * faran] a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross by wading or by riding on horseback, in an automobile,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 53Ford — 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. [1913 Webster] His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 54Ford — m English: transferred use of the common surname, originally a local name for someone who lived near a place where a river could be crossed by wading through it (Old English ford) …

    First names dictionary

  • 55ford — [fo:d US fo:rd] n [: Old English;] a place where a river is not deep, so that you can walk or drive across it >ford v [T] …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 56Ford — Très fréquent en Grande Bretagne, désigne celui qui habite un lieu dit Ford (= passage à gué) …

    Noms de famille

  • 57Ford — (izg. fȍrd) DEFINICIJA 1. Henry (1863 1947), američki inženjer, pionir proizvodnje na tekućoj traci koja je omogućila masovnu proizvodnju automobila 2. John (pravo ime Sean Aloysius O̕Feeney) (1895 1973), američki filmski redatelj, najpoznatiji… …

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  • 58ford — ► NOUN ▪ a shallow place in a river or stream where it can be crossed. ► VERB ▪ cross at a ford. DERIVATIVES fordable adjective fordless adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to FARE(Cf. ↑fare) …

    English terms dictionary

  • 59Ford — Ford, 1) John, dramatischer Dichter, geh. 1580 in Devonshire, gehörte zu der Gesellschaft der Rechts gelehrten in Middle Temple, seine näheren Lebensumstände, sowie sein Todesjahr, sind unbekannt: er schr. unter dem Anagramm Fide Honor die Stücke …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 60Ford — Ford, 1) John, engl. Dramatiker, geb. im April 1586 in Islington (Devonshire), gest. nach 1639, wurde 1602 Student im Rechtsinstitut Middle Temple und trat 1606 mit einer Elegie auf den Herzog von Devonshire hervor. Auf der Bühne liebte er recht… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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