
bridge
Sentences
Meaning
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- A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
- A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
- A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
- A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
- An arch or superstructure.
- An arch or superstructure.
- An arch or superstructure.
- An arch or superstructure.
- An arch or superstructure.
- An arch or superstructure.
- An arch or superstructure.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
- The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
- A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
- An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
- A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
Synonyms
bridge deck
bridge circuit
bridge over
couple on
fill the gap
tie-beam
bridge connector
bridge of the nose
bridge a gap
build a bridge
elevated road
bone of a nose
move past
ridge of a nose
top of a nose
bridging line
cause-way
fire bridge
connection strap
to throw smb. over a bridge
part-whole relation
throw bridge across
bridgwork
electric bridge
articulated beam
bridge relation
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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