bridge has definitions from the fields of bridge,cards,games,transportation,nautical,dentistry,music,physics,electronics,zoology
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[ noun ] (transportation) a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

Synonyms

span

Used in print

(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)

An old shipwreck , a high dam , an old covered bridge , a place to find agates or other semi-precious stones or a place to pan gold , etcetera may be of interest .

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

The next step was construction by the Manchester_Light_and_Power_Company of a plant on the west bank of the Battenkill south of Union_Street bridge .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

He had dinner and sat there over his coffee watching the winding pattern of traffic as it crossed the bridge and spread_out like a serpent with two heads .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

Grabski 's shanty was beyond the bridge over the River_Bystrzyca near the rail center .

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[ verb ] connect or reduce the distance between

Synonyms

bridge_over

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Nikolai_Cherkasov , the Russian actor who has played such heroic roles as Alexander_Nevsky and Ivan_the_Terrible , performs the lanky Don_Quixote , and does so with a simple dignity that bridges the inner nobility and the surface absurdity of this poignant man .

Related terms

connect tide_over

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[ noun ] (physics,electronics) a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected

Synonyms

bridge_circuit

Used in print

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

A bridged-T type of bridge was used in the 10 - 16 Mc / sec range .

Related terms

circuit Wheatstone_bridge

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[ noun ] something resembling a bridge in form or function

Examples

: "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries"

Used in print

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

Arch the back upwards to make a bridge .

As flexibility improves , the feet will move closer to the hands and the bridge rise higher .

Related terms

connection

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[ noun ] (zoology) the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose

Examples

"her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose"

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

When Papa 's slender fingers removed the spectacles , there were red indentations on the bridge of the strong nose .

Related terms

structure nose nasal

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[ verb ] make a bridge across

Examples

"bridge a river"

Used in print

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

Jubal 's conversations coming and going - Jubal 's words troubled him most ; he studied them , compared them with what he had been taught as a nestling , struggling to bridge between languages , the one he thought with and the one he was learning to think in .

Related terms

join

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[ noun ] (bridge,cards,games) any of various card games based on whist for four players

Used in print

(Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)

It dawns on you that instead of a lump to fill the seat across the bridge table from you , he was a man , and that because Gratt_Shafer was making you miserable , you were passing it down to him , to Gratt_Shafer 's substitute , that other guy .

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[ noun ] (dentistry) a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth

Synonyms

bridgework

Related terms

denture

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[ noun ] the link between two lenses; rests on nose

Synonyms

nosepiece

Related terms

link spectacles

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[ verb ] cross over on a bridge

Related terms

traverse

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5285
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[ noun ] (music) a wooden support that holds the strings up
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[ noun ] (nautical) an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands

Synonyms

bridge_deck

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