bridge

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/bɹɪd͡ʒ/

noun 7verb 5name 5

Collocations

(noun.) structure across a river, road, etc.

ADJ

high, humpback, narrow | railway, road | Bailey, cantilever, pontoon, suspension | toll

VERB + BRIDGE

build, erect | destroy

wash away

The storm washed away the old wooden bridge that connected the two villages.

cross

We had to cross the bridge to reach the village on the other side of the river.

BRIDGE + VERB

cross sth, span sth

A wooden footbridge spans the river between the two villages.

link sth

PREP

across over a/the ~

We walked across the old stone bridge to reach the village on the other side.

under a/the ~

We walked under the bridge to escape the heavy rain.

~ across, over

The old wooden bridge across the valley connects two small villages together.

(noun.) card game

QUANT

game, rubber

My grandmother plays a rubber of bridge every Thursday afternoon with her friends.

VERB + BRIDGE

play

BRIDGE + NOUN

tournament | partner, player

Definitions

noun

A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.

The rope bridge crosses the river.

It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge.

A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.

Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.

A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.

The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.

A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.

An arch or superstructure.

The first officer is on the bridge.

verb

To be or make a bridge over something.

With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.

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.

The two groups were able to bridge their differences.

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.

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.

noun

Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.

Bidding is an essential element of the game of bridge.

Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.

She played in a bridge tournament in Las Vegas last year.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obsta

span

noun — the link between two lenses

nosepiece

noun — a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth

bridgework

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

water under the bridge

Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.

They agreed that their old disputes were water under the bridge and decided to make a fresh start.

cross that bridge when one comes to it

To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises.

It's possible we'll eventually have more books than available space for them, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

a bridge too far

A step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching.

Cloning was an interesting concept. Cloning body parts was again just man's search for immortality riding on the back of naive altruistic medicinal benevolence. But cloning a perso

bridge the gap

To serve as or create a connection between disconnected or disparate things.

Today there is no doubt that Dominican women have been actively involved in building the community, in struggling to keep their cultural heritage alive, and in keeping families tog

I have a bridge to sell you

An indirect way of expressing that the addressee is gullible.

Example Bank

The rope bridge crosses the river.

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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

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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.

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The two groups were able to bridge their differences.

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