bridge
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
Noun
- A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
- The rope bridge crosses the river.
- It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge.
- Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a...
Hypernyms: infrastructure
Coordinate Terms: forebridge fore-bridge apron road roadway street trail trailway path pathway
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A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
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(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
- Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.
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(dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
- The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.
Hypernyms: prosthesis
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(bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
- An arch or superstructure.
- The first officer is on the bridge.
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(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
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(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
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(billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
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(billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
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Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
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(wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
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(gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- Yes, France is geographically situated in a key position so far as Western Europe is concerned. They are really the bridge between Germany, Spain and Italy. And it was necessary to have a NATO organization that was...
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(medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
- ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient.
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(computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
- This chip is the bridge between the front-side bus and the I/O bus.
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(programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
- The plugin also acts as a bridge with BuddyPress and adds things like the top admin bar, and so on. - 2011, Thord Daniel Hedengren, Smashing WordPress Themes: Making WordPress Beautiful:
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(networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
- The LAN bridge uses a spanning tree algorithm.
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(physical chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
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(electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
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(music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
- The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning.
- In the bridge of his 2011 song "It Will Rain", Bruno Mars begs his lover not to "say goodbye."
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(graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
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(poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
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(diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
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A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
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(biology) In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
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The part of a pair of glasses that connects the lenses.
- Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
- The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
- A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
- An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
- A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
- see for the card game of contract bridge.
Origin
From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-Germanic *brugjō, *brugjǭ (“bridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw- (“wooden flooring, decking, bridge”). Cognates Cognate with Scots brig, brigg (“bridge”), Yola burge (“bridge”), North Frisian brag, Bröch (“bridge”), Saterland Frisian Brääch, Brääg (“bridge”), West Frisian brêge (“bridge”), Dutch brug (“bridge”), German Brücke (“bridge”), Limburgish brögk (“bridge”), Luxembourgish Bréck (“bridge”), Vilamovian bryk (“bridge”), Yiddish בריק (brik, “bridge”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål brygge (“jetty, pier, wharf”), Faroese, Icelandic bryggja (“pier”), Norwegian Nynorsk brygge, bryggje (“jetty, pier, wharf”), Swedish brygga (“bridge; pier”). The verb is from Middle English briggen, from Old English brycġian (“to bridge, make a causeway, pave”), derived from the noun. Cognate with Dutch bruggen (“to...
Forms
Derived
a bridge too far Acton Bridge aerobridge air bridge airbridge Alexandra Bridge Apperley Bridge Appley Bridge arch bridge Armitage Bridge auction bridge Avonbridge Bailey bridge Ballsbridge Bamber Bridge Banbridge Barton and Pooley Bridge bascule bridge Bason Bridge Beam Bridge Beazleys Bridge Beitbridge Bellbridge Bells Bridge
Noun card games, games
- Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.
- Bidding is an essential element of the game of bridge.
Hypernyms: card game game amusement diversion activity
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(usually) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
- She played in a bridge tournament in Las Vegas last year.
Synonyms: contract bridge
Hypernyms: card game game amusement diversion activity bridge
Coordinate Terms: auction bridge royal auction bridge
Origin
From the earlier game biritch, probably from Russian бирю́ч (birjúč) or бири́ч (biríč); else from Turkish bir-üç (“one-three”).
Forms
Verb
- To be or make a bridge over something.
- With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.
- On this occasion, the damage was far more serious. The sea wall was breached completely for a distance of over 50 yd., and the gap had to be bridged by a temporary timber viaduct. - 1947 January and February, H. A....
- To span as if with a bridge.
- The two groups were able to bridge their differences.
- Before another word was spoken Inspector Beedel had appeared, and the grip of bone and muscle on the straining wrists was changed to one of steel. Less than thirty seconds bridged the whole astonishing transformation. -...
- The brooding, black-clad singer bridged a stark divide that emerged in the recording industry in the 1950s, as post-Elvis pop singers diverged into two camps and audiences aligned themselves with either the sideburned...
- To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
- We need to bridge that jam into "The Eleven".
- To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
- To go to the bridge position.
- To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)