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BRIDGE
bridge
(noun) any of various card games based on whist for four players
bridge, span
(noun) a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
bridge, bridge deck
(noun) an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
bridge, nosepiece
(noun) the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
bridge, bridgework
(noun) a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
bridge
(noun) a wooden support that holds the strings up
bridge, bridge circuit
(noun) a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
bridge
(noun) the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; “her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose”
bridge
(noun) something resembling a bridge in form or function; “his letters provided a bridge across the centuries”
bridge
(verb) make a bridge across; “bridge a river”
bridge
(verb) cross over on a bridge
bridge, bridge over
(verb) connect or reduce the distance between
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Bridge
A surname.
A village in Kent, England.
Anagrams
• begird
Etymology 1
Noun
bridge (plural bridges)
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
(dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
(bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
An arch or superstructure.
(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.
(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
(billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
(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.
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.
(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.
(gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
A connection, real or abstract.
(medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
(computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
(programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
(networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
(chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
(electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
(music) A song contained within another song, often demarcated by meter, key, or melody.
(graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
(poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
(diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
(electronics) 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.
(cycling) 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.
Verb
bridge (third-person singular simple present bridges, present participle bridging, simple past and past participle bridged)
To be or make a bridge over something.
To span as if with a bridge.
(music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
(computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
(wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
Etymology 2
Noun
bridge (uncountable)
(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
Anagrams
• begird
Source: Wiktionary
Bridge, n. Etym: [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. bruccu, G. brücke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.]
1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves 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.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.
4. (Elec.)
Definition: A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall. Aqueduct bridge. See Aqueduct.
– Asses' bridge, Bascule bridge, Bateau bridge. See under Ass, Bascule, Bateau.
– Bridge of a steamer (Naut.), a narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes.
– Bridge of the nose, the upper, bony part of the nose.
– Cantalever bridge. See under Cantalever.
– Draw bridge. See Drawbridge.
– Flying bridge, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means.
– Girder bridge or Truss bridge, a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers.
– Lattice bridge, a bridge formed by lattice girders.
– Pontoon bridge, Ponton bridge. See under Pontoon.
– Skew bridge, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering.
– Suspension bridge. See under Suspension.
– Trestle bridge, a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles.
– Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.
– Wheatstone's bridge (Elec.), a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone.
Bridge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bridged (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bridging.]
1. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river. Their simple engineering bridged with felled trees the streams which could not be forded. Palfrey.
2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge. Xerxes . . . over Hellespont Bridging his way, Europe with Asia joined. Milton.
3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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