Real Dictionary

ford
countable noun: A ford is a shallow place in a river or stream where it is possible to cross safely without using a boat.
verb: If you ford a river or stream, you cross it without using a boat, usually at a shallow point.

Ford in American English
ˈFord Madox (ˈmædəks ) (born Ford Madox Hueffer) 1873-1939; Eng. writer & editor
a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross by wading or by riding on horseback, etc.
to cross at a ford
noun: a male given name
noun: a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading
transitive verb: to cross (a river, stream, etc.) at a ford

ford in British English
noun: a shallow area in a river that can be crossed by car, horseback, etc
noun: Ford Madox (ˈmædəks ) original name Ford Madox Hueffer. 1873–1939, English novelist, editor, and critic; works include The Good Soldier (1915) and the war tetralogy Parade's End (1924–28)
verb: to cross (a river, brook, etc) over a shallow area