0 an area in a river or stream that is not deep and can be crossed on foot or in a vehicle --
1 to cross a river, where it is not deep, on foot or in a vehicle --
2 a place in a river where the water is not deep, making it possible to get across --
There are also roads, rivers, and fords that can alter the movement.
The river is prone to severe flooding after heavy rain, rendering the fords impassable, particularly in the autumn and winter months.
When they cross streams, there may be paved fords.
At unavoidable river crossings, (fords, later ferries and bridges) and at intersections castles, villages and monasteries were established.
The mirror may be understood as a quality of the mindstream that denotes perceiving experience as it is without obscuration forded by "klesha", etc.
When the nation's transportation system came under attack, destroyed bridges were repaired or replaced by dirt fords, ferries, and underwater and pontoon bridges.
There is evidence that the river was forded here before a bridge was built.
The inhabitants of marshy or flooded areas sometimes use stilts for practical purposes, such as working in swamps or fording swollen rivers.
