ford
/fɔːd/noun
उच्चारण फ़ॉर्ड
(नदी का) उथला घाट, पायाब
Core word
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[C]
a shallow place in a river where it is possible to drive or walk across
(नदी का) उथला घाट, पायाब
- The villagers crossed the river at the ford.
- The old ford is dry for most of the year.
- There is a ford where the river is only knee deep.
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- The villagers use the ford during the dry months.
- Heavy rains turned the ford into a dangerous torrent.
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[T]
to walk or drive across a river or stream
(नदी) पैदल या गाड़ी से पार करना
- The jeep forded the stream easily.
- Pilgrims forded the shallow river at dawn to reach the temple.
- The soldiers forded the river at night.
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- We forded a shallow stream on the way to the village.
- Cattle were led to ford the river at the narrowest point.
Synonyms cross wade across
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a ford across / over a river
As a noun, a ford is a shallow place in a river where people or vehicles can cross. Use across or over with the river.
Noun के रूप में ford नदी का उथला स्थान है जहाँ लोग या वाहन पार कर सकते हैं। नदी के साथ across या over लगता है।
- There is a ford across the stream near the village.
- The cart reached the ford at dawn.
ford + river / stream (verb)
As a transitive verb, ford means to cross a shallow river on foot or by vehicle. It takes a direct object and no preposition.
सकर्मक क्रिया के रूप में ford का अर्थ उथली नदी को पैदल या वाहन से पार करना है। इसकी direct object होती है और कोई preposition नहीं लगता।
- The soldiers forded the river at the narrowest point.
- We forded a shallow stream on the trek.
fordable (adjective)
A river that can be crossed at a ford is fordable. The adjective is formed with -able.
जिस नदी को ford पर पार किया जा सके, वह fordable है। यह विशेषण -able जोड़कर बना है।
- The river is fordable in the dry season.
Ford (proper noun)
With a capital F, Ford is a surname and a car brand, a different word from the common noun.
बड़े अक्षर 'F' के साथ Ford एक उपनाम और कार ब्रांड है, जो सामान्य संज्ञा से अलग शब्द है।
- Henry Ford began the mass production of cars.
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adjective + ford
shallowrockyolddangeroussafemuddy
- The muddy ford became impassable after the rain.
verb + ford
crossreachfindbuilduseavoid
- Travellers crossed the ford before the monsoon.
ford + preposition
across the riverover the streamat the bendnear the villagebelow the bridge
- The ford at the bend was used by cattle.
ford + water words
a streama rivera creeka canala floodplain
- The jeep forded a small stream to reach the hamlet.
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- Before the bridge was built, villagers crossed the river at a ford.
पुल बनने से पहले ग्रामीण एक ford पर नदी पार करते थे।
- Radhika's group forded the stream with their shoes in their hands.
राधिका के समूह ने जूते हाथ में लेकर धारा को पार किया।
- The bus could not ford the swollen river and turned back.
बस उफनती नदी को पार न कर सकी और वापस लौट गई।
- The old caravan route passed through a well-known ford.
पुराना कारवाँ मार्ग एक प्रसिद्ध उथले पार-स्थान से होकर गुज़रता था।
- In summer, the ford is dry and children play cricket on the riverbed.
गर्मियों में ford सूखा रहता है और बच्चे नदी के तल में क्रिकेट खेलते हैं।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ They forded across the river.
✓ They forded the river.
Ford is a transitive verb and takes the river as its direct object, so across is not needed.
'Ford' सकर्मक क्रिया है और नदी उसकी direct object है, इसलिए 'across' नहीं लगता।
✗ We reached on the ford at noon.
✓ We reached the ford at noon.
Reach is followed directly by its object, without on.
'Reach' के बाद सीधे object आता है, 'on' नहीं।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
cross wade across
⌂Word origin and word building
From Old English, ford survives in many British place names, such as Oxford and Stratford.
यह Old English से आया है और कई British जगहों के नामों में मिलता है, जैसे Oxford और Stratford।