bridge >> /brɪdʒ/
Definition: [transitive verb] Be a bridge over (something)
Example: a covered walkway that bridged the gardens
Definition: [noun] A structure carrying a road, path, railroad, or canal across a river, ravine, road, railroad, or other obstacle.
Example: a bridge across the river
Definition: [noun] The elevated, enclosed platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations.
Example: Talbot stepped across the two gunwales and made his way up to the bridge
Definition: [noun] The upper bony part of a person's nose.
Example: he pushed his spectacles further up the bridge of his nose
Definition: [noun] A partial denture supported by natural teeth on either side.
Example: A temporary bridge can be made so that you cannot see the spaces between the remaining teeth.
Definition: [noun] The part of a string instrument over which the strings are stretched.
Example: ebony bridges and fingerboards
Definition: [noun] A bridge passage or middle eight.
Example: They write choruses and bridges and songs that last longer than a minute and a half.
Definition: [noun] The support formed by the hand for the forward part of a billiard cue.
Example: I have been playing pool for almost 5 years and since I have started I have been using an open bridge.
Definition: [noun] 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.
Example: The internal harnesses comprise unlabeled black wires terminated at the bridge rectifiers and filter caps.