Meaning

2 senses
  1. To cross a stream by walking through it.

    durchqueren

    переходи́ть вбродperexodítʹ vbrod, перейти́ вбродperejtí vbrod

  2. (broadly)To traverse any precarious environment.

More definitions
  • cross a river where it's shallow

Examples

87 sentences
  1. Tom has a Ford.

    У Тома "Форд".

    ruУ Тома форд.

    deTom hat einen Ford.

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  2. Tom can't decide whether to buy a Toyota or a Ford.

    Том не може вирішити, купити автівку Toyota чи Ford.

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  3. I'll buy a Ford.

    Я куплю "форд".

    ruЯ куплю "форд".

    deIch werde einen Ford kaufen.

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  4. Tom used to come to work in a Ford.

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  5. Tom drives a Ford.

    ruТом ездит на форде.

    deTom fährt einen Ford.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to cross a stream:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cross a stream:

Origin

From Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Pro

From Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

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Forms

fords, fording, forded, forded
Base formford · to ford
3rd person singularfords
Present participlefording
Past simpleforded
Past participleforded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyford
he, she, itfords

Past simpleLesson

all personsforded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forded
he, she, ithas forded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ford

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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