forded
Went through water
Forded is the past tense of ford, meaning to cross a body of water by wading or driving through a shallow place: We forded the river at dawn.
The word evokes frontier travel and outdoor adventure, when finding a place shallow enough to cross was a practical necessity.
Went from side to side
- wadedWalked through water
- traversedTraveled across something
- splashedStruck liquid loudly
- shallowWithout much depth
riverbed · hooves · wagon · current · stepping · muddy · banks · stream
Early explorer or settler
- wagon trainPioneers' covered convoy
- Oregon TrailEmigrant route westward
- settlersThose who establish homes
- westwardToward the sunset
frontier · oxen · covered wagon · migration · homesteaders · wilderness · journey · prairie
crossed
Went from side to side
shallow · riverbed · hooves · wagon · current · stepping · muddy · banks · stream · horseback
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
- wagon trainPioneers' covered convoy
- Oregon TrailEmigrant route westward
- settlersThose who establish homes
westward · frontier · oxen · covered wagon · migration · homesteaders · wilderness · journey · prairie · expedition
horseback
Atop a steed
splashing · rider · saddle · packhorse · cavalry · trail ride · stirrups · trotted · galloped · bridle
- John FordProlific Western film director
- Ford ExpeditionFull-size sport utility vehicle
- Ford's TheatreHistoric Washington playhouse
- Harrison Ford
- Henry FordAmerican automaker, early 1900s
- Ford F-150Full-size American pickup truck
afford, affordable, ford, afforded, affords, fords, unaffordable, fording, affordability