Word: bridge Part of Speech: noun 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”). 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. Pronunciation: /bɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. Example: The rope bridge crosses the river. Example: It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge. 2. A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. Example: Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses. 3. A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. Example: The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge. 4. A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. 5. An arch or superstructure. Example: The first officer is on the bridge. 6. An arch or superstructure. 7. An arch or superstructure. 8. An arch or superstructure. 9. An arch or superstructure. 10. An arch or superstructure. 11. An arch or superstructure. 12. A connection, real or abstract. Example: 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. 13. A connection, real or abstract. Example: ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient. 14. A connection, real or abstract. Example: This chip is the bridge between the front-side bus and the I/O bus. 15. A connection, real or abstract. Example: The plugin also acts as a bridge with BuddyPress and adds things like the top admin bar, and so on. 16. A connection, real or abstract. Example: The LAN bridge uses a spanning tree algorithm. 17. A connection, real or abstract. Labels: physical 18. A connection, real or abstract. 19. A connection, real or abstract. Example: The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning. Example: In the bridge of his 2011 song "It Will Rain", Bruno Mars begs his lover not to "say goodbye." 20. A connection, real or abstract. 21. A connection, real or abstract. 22. A connection, real or abstract. 23. A connection, real or abstract. 24. A connection, real or abstract. 25. A connection, real or abstract. 26. Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit 27. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall. 28. The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front. 29. A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener. 30. An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential. 31. A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand. Example: see for the card game of contract bridge.