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/bɹɪd͡ʒ/
Noun
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
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We crossed the bridge on foot.
The rope bridge crosses the river.
It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge.
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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 clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.
Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
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Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
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The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
An arch or superstructure. 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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The first officer is on the bridge.
An arch or superstructure. The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
An arch or superstructure. A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
An arch or superstructure. 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.
An arch or superstructure. 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.
An arch or superstructure. 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.
An arch or superstructure. A similar position in gymnastics.
A connection, real or abstract.
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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 unified and France was a necessary member of that organization.
A connection, real or abstract. A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
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ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient.
A connection, real or abstract. A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
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This chip is the bridge between the front-side bus and the I/O bus.
A connection, real or abstract. A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
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The plugin also acts as a bridge with BuddyPress and adds things like the top admin bar, and so on.
A connection, real or abstract. A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
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The LAN bridge uses a spanning tree algorithm.
A connection, real or abstract. 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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A connection, real or abstract. An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
A connection, real or abstract. A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
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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."
A connection, real or abstract. An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
A connection, real or abstract. A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
A connection, real or abstract. A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
A connection, real or abstract. A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
A connection, real or abstract. In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
A connection, real or abstract. 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.
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see for the card game of contract bridge.
Verb
To be or make a bridge over something.
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With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.
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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.
To span as if with a bridge.
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The two groups were able to bridge their differences.
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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 rebels of rock 'n' roll or the cowboy-hatted twangsters of country music.
To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
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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.)
Noun
Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.
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Bidding is an essential element of the game of bridge.
Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games. A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
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She played in a bridge tournament in Las Vegas last year.
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a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
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a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
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something resembling a bridge in form or function
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his letters provided a bridge across the centuries
the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
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her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose
any of various card games based on whist for four players
a wooden support that holds the strings up
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a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
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the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
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an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
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Verb
connect or reduce the distance between
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make a bridge across
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bridge a river
cross over on a bridge