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Bridge

brɪdʒ

Bridge definitions
noun
bridge bridges
  1. a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, road, or other obstacle

    "a bridge across the River Thames"

    • something intended to reconcile or connect two seemingly incompatible things

      "a committee which was formed to create a bridge between rival party groups"

  2. the elevated, enclosed platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations

    "Talbot stepped across the two gunwales and made his way up to the bridge"

  3. the upper bony part of a person's nose

    "he pushed his spectacles further up the bridge of his nose"

    • the central part of a pair of glasses, fitting over the bridge of the nose

      "these sunglasses have a special nose bridge for comfort"

  4. a partial denture supported by natural teeth on either side
  5. the part of a stringed instrument over which the strings are stretched

    "ebony bridges and fingerboards"

  6. a bridge passage or middle eight
  7. the support for the tip of a billiard cue formed by the hand
    • a long stick with a frame at the end which is used to support a cue for a difficult shot
  8. an electric circuit with two branches across which a detector or load is connected, used to measure resistance or other property by equalizing the potential across the two ends of a detector, or to rectify an alternating voltage or current
verb
bridge bridged bridges bridging
  1. be or make a bridge over (something)

    "a covered walkway bridged the gardens"

    span cross cross over go over pass over extend across reach across traverse arch over
    • make (a difference between two groups) smaller or less significant

      "new initiatives were needed to bridge the great abyss of class"