fording

indénombrable

A noun referring to the act of crossing a stream or river by wading, or by using a vehicle or horse.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'action de traverser un ruisseau ou une rivière à gué, à pied, à cheval ou avec un véhicule.

1. Crossing a river B2 formal

   The act of crossing a stream or river by wading, riding, or driving through the water.

   • The fording of the river was dangerous due to the strong current.
   • They practiced safe fording techniques during the hiking trip.
   • The old bridge was closed, so they had to rely on fording the stream.

   🇫🇷passage à gué

   Synonymes: crossingpassagetraversalwading

A verb meaning to cross a river or stream at a shallow point.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant franchir une rivière ou un ruisseau à pied dans un endroit peu profond.

1. Cross a river B2 formal

   To cross a river or stream by wading or riding through the water at a shallow point.

   • The travelers had to ford the river on horseback.
   • We carefully forded the stream to continue our hike.
   • The army forded the river under cover of darkness.

   🇫🇷Traverser à gué

   Synonymes: crosspass overtraversewade

• forded past participle
• forded past simple
• fording present participle
• fords third person singular