deep fording
- noun
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vado profundo
- Early pioneers often risked their lives at deep fording points along the trail.
Examples
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The travelers hesitated before attempting the deep fording after heavy rain.
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Many travelers avoided the deep fording during the rainy season.
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The map marked a deep fording that required skilled navigation.
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The deep fording of the river was dangerous.
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Early pioneers often risked their lives at a deep fording point to cross the river.
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The map indicated a deep fording location that was only safe during low water.
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The hikers prepared carefully for the deep fording to ensure they wouldn't be swept away.
Antonyms
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
deep + fording
The phrase is compositionally built: 'deep' (of considerable depth) combined with 'fording' (the act of fording, i.e. crossing a body of water) yields the idea of crossing where the water is deep. Even if 'ford' often implies a shallow crossing, the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents and would be clear to a learner who knows the component words.
Etymology
The noun deep fording comes from early travelers who had to wade through parts of a river where the water was much deeper than usual; deep shows the water level and fording means crossing the river on foot or by horse. So, deep fording means 'the act or place of crossing a river or stream where the water is deep', and it was seen as a risky crossing.