bridge

noun

1. A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.

   “The rope bridge crosses the river.”

   “It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge.”

   “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.”

   “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.”

2. A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.

   “Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.”

3. A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.

   “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.

   “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.

    “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.

    “ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient.”

14. A connection, real or abstract.

    “This chip is the bridge between the front-side bus and the I/O bus.”

15. A connection, real or abstract.

    “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.

    “The LAN bridge uses a spanning tree algorithm.”

17. (physical)A connection, real or abstract.
18. A connection, real or abstract.
19. A connection, real or abstract.

    “The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning.”

    “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.

    “see for the card game of contract bridge.”

32. (uncountable)Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.

    “Bidding is an essential element of the game of bridge.”

33. (uncountable, usually)Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.

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

verb

1. 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.”

2. To span as if with a bridge.

   “The two groups were able to bridge their differences.”

   “Before another word was spoken Inspector Beedel had appeared, and the grip of bone and muscle on the straining wrists was changed to one of steel. Less than thirty seconds bridged the whole astonishing transformation.”

   “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.”

3. To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.

   “We need to bridge that jam into "The Eleven".”

4. To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
5. To go to the bridge position.
6. To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)

name

1. A surname.
2. A surname.
3. A surname.
4. (alt-of, alternative)A surname.
5. (alt-of, alternative)A surname.
6. A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1854). Recorded as Brige in 1086 (DB), from Old English brycg.
7. An unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, named for a river bridge.