0 past simple and past participle of ford --
1 to cross a river, where it is not deep, on foot or in a vehicle --
Starting as early as the 1830s, travelers used the place where this road forded the creek as a campground, and the community grew from there.
The river is shallow during normal flow and easily forded by men, animals and wagons on its gravelly bottom.
It was the lowest point at which the river could at that time be forded.
It ranges from 100to300 ft wide in the upper course where it typically was forded and ranges from 3to50 ft in depth.
Early missionaries forded rivers, rode horseback, and slept on beds of pine needles to spread the gospel.
On the coastal track there are several rivers that need to be forded.
Other components of the regiment forded the water above and below the bridge.
On this path, a large water fall, which drops by 60 m into a sacred pool, is forded over by a bridge.
