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English *noun*: Ford
1.	Ford (person) United States film maker (1896-1973)
		Synonyms	John Ford
		Instance hypernym	film maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker

2.	Ford (person) grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
		Synonyms	Henry Ford II
		Instance hypernym	industrialist

3.	Ford (person) son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
		Synonyms	Edsel Bryant Ford
		Instance hypernym	industrialist

4.	Ford (person) English writer and editor (1873-1939)
		Synonyms	Ford Hermann Hueffer, Ford Madox Ford
		Instance hypernym	author, writer

5.	Ford (person) 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
		Synonyms	Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford
		Instance hypernym	Chief Executive, President, President of the United States, United States President

6.	Ford (person) United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
		Synonyms	Henry Ford
		Instance hypernym	industrialist

7.	ford (object) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
		Synonyms	crossing
		Broader (hypernym)	body of water, water
		Part meronym	stream, watercourse

8.	ford (act) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
		Synonyms	fording
		Broader (hypernym)	crossing
		Narrower (hyponym)	deep fording, shallow fording

English *verb*: ford
1.	ford (motion) cross a river where it's shallow
		Pattern of use	Somebody ----s something
		Broader (hypernym)	cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse

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