ford
n. கடவுத்துறை, ஆறு முதலியவற்றில் நடந்து கடக்கக்கூடிய ஆழமில்லாப் பகுதி, (வினை) நடந்து ஆறு முதலியவற்றைக் கடந்து செல்.
Ford, n. Etym: [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. f bay, and to E. fare. Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.] 1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott. 2. A stream; a current. With water of the ford Or of the clouds. Spenser. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygford. Dryden. Ford, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.] Defn: To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton.