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bridge

UK/bɹɪd͡ʒ/ US/ˈbrɪdʒ/ common
noun (9) verb (3)

noun

1.

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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2.

a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected

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3.

something resembling a bridge in form or function

  • “his letters provided a bridge across the centuries”
4.

the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose

  • “her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose”
5.

any of various card games based on whist for four players

6.

a wooden support that holds the strings up

7.

a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth

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8.

the link between two lenses; rests on nose

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9.

an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands

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verb

1.
2.

make a bridge across

  • “bridge a river”
3.

cross over on a bridge

Origin

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, 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 bridge”), Middle Low German bruggen (“to bridge”), Old High German bruccōn (“to bridge”) (whence Modern German brücken). The sense of a part of a stringed instrument is a semantic loan from German Steg, from Old High German steg.

Phrases

  • a bridge too far
  • Acton Bridge
  • air bridge
  • Alexandra Bridge
  • Apperley Bridge
  • Appley Bridge
  • arch bridge
  • Armitage Bridge
  • bridge up
  • bridging ligand
  • bridging loan
  • bridging visa

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