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Definition of Bridge

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

2. Verb. Connect or reduce the distance between.

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

4. Verb. Make a bridge across. "Bridge a river"

5. Noun. Something resembling a bridge in form or function. "His letters provided a bridge across the centuries"

6. Verb. Cross over on a bridge.

7. Noun. The hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose. "Her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose"

8. Noun. Any of various card games based on whist for four players.

9. Noun. A wooden support that holds the strings up.

10. Noun. A denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth.

11. Noun. The link between two lenses; rests on the nose.

12. Noun. An upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands.

Definition of Bridge

1. n. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.

2. v. t. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.

3. n. A card game resembling whist.

Definition of Bridge

1. to connect [v BRIDGED, BRIDGING, BRIDGES] - See also: connect

Medical Definition of Bridge

1. 1. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river. "Their simple engineering bridged with felled trees the streams which could not be forded." (Palfrey) 2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge. "Xerxes . . . Over Hellespont Bridging his way, Europe with Asia joined." (Milton) 3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; generally with over. Origin: Bridged; Bridging. 1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc, to make a passageway from one bank to the other. 2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves 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. 3. The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc, serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument. 4. A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit. 5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; usually called a bridge wall. Aqueduct bridge. See Aqueduct. Asses' bridge, Bascule bridge, Bateau bridge. See Ass, Bascule, Bateau. Bridge of a steamer, a narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes. Bridge of the nose, the upper, bony part of the nose. Cantalever bridge. See Cantalever. Draw bridge. See Drawbridge. Flying bridge, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means. Girder bridge or Truss bridge, a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers. Lattice bridge, a bridge formed by lattice girders. Pontoon bridge, Ponton bridge. See Pontoon. Skew bridge, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering. Suspension bridge. See Suspension. Trestle bridge, a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles. Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal. Wheatstone's bridge, a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone. Origin: OE. Brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. Brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. Bregge, D. Brug, OHG. Bruccu, G. Brucke, Icel. Bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. Brygga, Dan. Brygge, and prob. Icel. Br bridge, Sw. & Dan. Bro bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. Brow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bridge

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Literary usage of Bridge

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1. Transactions by Stirling Natural History and Archaeological Society, American philosophical society (1905)
"First, that there was a bridge over the Forth at Stirling in 1297 ; second, that it was situated at or near the site of the present Old bridge ; and third, ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Kept. re. relocating or widening New Bedford and Fairhaven bridge over Acushnet ... Newburyport bridge 1846. Kept. re. bridge built by Eastern RR Co. across ..."

3. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1892)
"He probably came to England about 1725, as he states in the preface to his account of Westminster bridge that he ' never heard a word of Eng- li*h spoken ..."

4. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"A steel bridge which had become so badly rusted as to render it unsafe for ordinary team ... Pin connected, steel bridge with reinforced concrete floor. ..."

5. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"Melan Concrete Steel Arch bridge across ihe Great Miami River, Dayton, Ohio.* (13) Soc. ... Types and Details of bridge Construction: Plate Girders. ..."

6. Annual Report by New York (State) (1866)
"1, stopping leaks Glens Falls feeder Rebuilding road bridge at Glens Falls do ... Raising embankment to road bridge south Bemis Heights do do do at Wilbur's ..."

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