Fording

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is forded.

    "By half past seven we were both pretty nearly all in, and wet from innumerable fordings of the river, so we stopped and boiled some hot water with the sugar left over from lunch."

  2. 2
    the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse wordnet
  3. 3
    Fording place

    "There at the fording in the little boat the unknown man plays upon his lute."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of ford form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Example

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"Locals who assist cars fording a nearby stream, like Paulie Cap, say the area’s shallow creeks will turn to torrents when the rainy season comes, cutting off towns like Michika."

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