bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brĭj
ipa: /bɹɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɪdʒ
Forms: form: bridges
form: bridg
form: brigge
Etymology: 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”).
Cognate with Scots brig, brigg, breeg (“bridge”), Saterland Frisian Brääch (“bridge”), West Frisian brêge (“bridge”), Dutch brug (“bridge”), German Brücke (“bridge”), Danish brygge (“wharf”), Icelandic brygga (“pier”), Gaulish briua (“bridge”).
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 musical connection sense is a semantic loan from German Steg, from Old High German steg.
Senses: examples: text: The rope bridge crosses the river.
text: It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge.
text: 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.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: 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.
ref: 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
examples: text: The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
hypernyms: prosthesis
topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
examples: text: The first officer is on the bridge.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: 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.
topics: arts
crafts
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
lutherie
music
glosses: An arch or superstructure.
The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: 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.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: 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.
glosses: 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.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: 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.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An arch or superstructure.
A similar position in gymnastics.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1964, Harry S. Truman, 0:18 from the start, in MP2002-479 Former President Truman Recalls Negotiating With DeGaulle and France after WWII, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
examples: text: ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
examples: text: This chip is the bridge between the front-side bus and the I/O bus.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
examples: text: The plugin also acts as a bridge with BuddyPress and adds things like the top admin bar, and so on.
ref: 2011, Thord Daniel Hedengren, Smashing WordPress Themes: Making WordPress Beautiful:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
examples: text: The LAN bridge uses a spanning tree algorithm.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
examples: text: The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning.
text: In the bridge of his 2011 song "It Will Rain", Bruno Mars begs his lover not to "say goodbye."
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
topics: diplomacy
government
politics
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A connection, real or abstract.
In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
glosses: A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
glosses: A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
qualifier: roller derby
glosses: An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
Derived terms: a bridge too far
Acton Bridge
aerobridge
airbridge
air 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
Beitbridge
bicycle bridge
Biffin's bridge
bikini bridge
Blythe Bridge
Bonar Bridge
Boroughbridge
bowstring bridge
bridgable
bridgeable
bridge-and-tunnel
bridge and tunnel
bridge-and-tunneler
bridgeboard
bridge-builder
bridgebuilding
bridge bunny
bridge coat
Bridge End
Bridgend
Bridgeford
Bridgegate
bridgekeeper
bridgeless
bridgelike
bridgeline
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bridgeness
Bridge of Allan
Bridge of Cally
Bridge of Don
Bridge of Dun
Bridge of Earn
Bridge of Gairn
bridge of no return
Bridge of Orchy
Bridge of Weir
bridge over troubled waters
bridge pattern
bridge plug
bridger
Bridger
bridge railing
bridge roll
bridge route
bridge spider
bridge strike
bridge swallow
bridgetender
bridge the gap
Bridgetown
bridge translation
bridgetree
bridgeward
bridge-ward
bridgewards
Bridgewater
bridge whist
bridge wire
bridgewire
bridgework
bridgey
brouter
build a bridge and get over it
build bridges
Buridan's bridge
Burn Bridge
burn one's bridges
burn that bridge when one comes to it
Burscough Bridge
bus bridge
cable-stayed bridge
Cameron Bridge
Carronbridge
catenary bridge
Catterick Bridge
Central Bridge
chain bridge
clapper bridge
Clayton Bridge
Conon Bridge
contract bridge
covered bridge
Cowan Bridge
cross a bridge before one comes to it
crossbridge
cross that bridge when one comes to it
cross that bridge when one gets there
cross that bridge when one gets to it
cyberbridge
deck bridge
Devil's Bridge
disulfide bridge
draw bridge
drawbridge
draw-bridge
duckboard bridge
Dunbridge
Dunford Bridge
Dunsop Bridge
duplicate bridge
Eamont Bridge
Egton Bridge
Einstein-Rosen bridge
E-R bridge
ER bridge
Ewood Bridge
Fenny Bridges
floating bridge
flybridge
flying bridge
footbridge
fore-bridge
forebridge
frame bridge
glute bridge
Gorebridge
Great Bridge
green bridge
Greta Bridge
Guide Bridge
hand bridge
Haydon Bridge
Heap Bridge
Hebden Bridge
Helwith Bridge
High Bridge
hoist bridge
Horns Bridge
hose bridge
Hubberts Bridge
humpback bridge
Hunton Bridge
ice bridge
if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it
I have a bridge to sell you
Ironbridge
Islandbridge
Ivybridge
jet bridge
Kelvin bridge
Kerne Bridge
land bridge
lattice bridge
Lea Bridge
leaf bridge
leg bridge
London Bridge
low bridge
Mabey bridge
Maguiresbridge
Malin Bridge
Marple Bridge
Maryland bridge
Maxwell bridge
media bridge
Menai Bridge
Metal Bridge
microbridge
monkey bridge
movable bridge
multibridge
Murray Bridge
Murray bridge
Murray loop bridge
Mylor Bridge
nanobridge
Nethy Bridge
Newby Bridge
Newnham Bridge
nonbridge
northbridge
Norton Bridge
nose bridge
oblique bridge
occupation bridge
Oresund Bridge
Öresund Bridge
Øresund Bridge
overbridge
over bridge
overhead bridge restaurant
packhorse bridge
paint bridge
Park Bridge
Pateley Bridge
pedestrian bridge
pivot bridge
platform bridge
ponton bridge
pontoon bridge
Pooley Bridge
Pye Bridge
rainbow bridge
rebridge
Redbridge
Rhymney Bridge
road bridge
roadbridge
Roman Bridge
rope bridge
royal auction bridge
Roybridge
Roy Bridge
rubber bridge
Rumbling Bridge
salt bridge
Sankey Bridges
Schering bridge
Sennybridge
Shotley Bridge
signal bridge
Skelwith Bridge
skew bridge
skybridge
sleep under the same bridge
Smithy Bridge
snake bridge
snow bridge
southbridge
Sowerby Bridge
space bridge
Spean Bridge
speedbridge
speed bridge
Spences Bridge
Stalybridge
Stamford Bridge
Stanford Bridge
Steen's Bridge
Stonebridge
Stourbridge
straight bridge
Sunderland Bridge
suspension bridge
Sutton Bridge
swing bridge
swingbridge
Teignbridge
telebridge
Three Bridges
through bridge
toll bridge
Tower Bridge
transporter bridge
trestle bridge
truss bridge
unbridgeable
underbridge
vertical-lift bridge
Victoria Bridge
Vierendeel bridge
Wadebridge
Wadsley Bridge
water bridge
water under the bridge
weighbridge
Wentbridge
Weybridge
Whaley Bridge
Wheatstone bridge
Wien bridge
wildlife bridge
wire bridge
Wisemans Bridge
Witton Bridge
Wootton Bridge