bridge
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
bridge
n 1: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an
obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn:
{bridge}, {span}]
2: a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a
diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
[syn: {bridge}, {bridge circuit}]
3: something resembling a bridge in form or function; "his
letters provided a bridge across the centuries"
4: the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her
glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose"
5: any of various card games based on whist for four players
6: a wooden support that holds the strings up
7: a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
[syn: {bridge}, {bridgework}]
8: the link between two lenses; rests on the nose [syn:
{bridge}, {nosepiece}]
9: an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
[syn: {bridge}, {bridge deck}]
v 1: connect or reduce the distance between [syn: {bridge},
{bridge over}]
2: make a bridge across; "bridge a river"
3: cross over on a bridge
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bridge \Bridge\ (br[i^]j), n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge,
AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG.
brucca, G. br["u]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga,
Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[=u] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro
bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.]
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.
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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.
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3. (Mus.) 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.
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4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or
other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
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5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a
furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a
{bridge wall}.
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{Aqueduct bridge}. See {Aqueduct}.
{Asses' bridge}, {Bascule bridge}, {Bateau bridge}. See under
{Ass}, {Bascule}, {Bateau}.
{Bridge of a steamer} (Naut.), 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 under {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 under {Pontoon}.
{Skew bridge}, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as
sometimes required in railway engineering.
{Suspension bridge}. See under {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} (Elec.), 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.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bridge \Bridge\ (br[i^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bridged}
(br[i^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bridging}.]
1. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a
river.
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Their simple engineering bridged with felled trees
the streams which could not be forded. --Palfrey.
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2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
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Xerxes . . . over Hellespont
Bridging his way, Europe with Asia joined. --Milton.
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3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; --
generally with over.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bridge \Bridge\, n.
A card game resembling whist.
Note: The trump, if any, is determined by the dealer or his
partner, the value of each trick taken over six being:
for "no trumps" 12, hearts 8, diamonds 6, clubs 4,
spades 2. The opponents of the dealer can, after the
trump is declared, double the value of the tricks, in
which case the dealer or his partner can redouble, and
so on. The dealer plays his partner's hand as a dummy.
The side which first reaches or exceeds 30 points
scored for tricks wins a game; the side which first
wins two games wins a rubber. The total score for any
side is the sum of the points scored for tricks, for
rubbers (each of which counts 100), for honors (which
follow a special schedule of value), and for slam,
little slam, and chicane.
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Note: For contract bridge, the scoring system has adopted
different values, with 100 points required for a game.
The penalties for failing to make a contract also vary
with the score thus far achieved by the playing team,
and with the degree, if any, of doubling during the
auction.
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
BRIDGE. A building constructed over a river, creek, or other stream, or
ditch or other place, in order to facilitate the passage over the same. 3
Harr. 108.
2. Bridges are of several kinds, public and private. Public bridges may
be divided into, 1st. Those which belong to the public; as state, county, or
township bridges, over which all the people have a right to pass, with or
without paying toll these are built by public authority at the public
expense, either of the state itself, or a district or part of the state.
3. - 2d. Those which have been built by companies, or at the expense of
private individuals, and over Which all the people have a right to pass, on
the payment of a toll fixed by law. 3d. Those which have been built by
private individuals and which have been dedicated to public uses. 2 East, R.
356; 5 Burr. R. 2594; 2 Bl. R. 685 1 Camp. R. 262, n.; 2 M. & S. 262.
4. A private bridge is one erected for the use of one or more private
persons; such a bridge will not be considered a public bridge, although it
may be occasionally used by the public. 12 East, R. 203-4. Vide 7 Pick. R.
844; 11 Pet. R. 539; 7 N. H. Rcp. 59; 1 Pick. R. 432; 4 John. Ch. R. 150.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
305 Moby Thesaurus words for "bridge":
A string, Amati, Bifrost, Boston, Cremona, D string, E string,
Earl of Coventry, G string, L, Pit, Polish bank, R, Russian bank,
Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, Texas tower, accouple, accumulate,
acting area, agglutinate, all fours, alveolar ridge, amass,
anacrusis, apron, apron stage, arch over, articulate, assemble,
associate, baccarat, backstage, band, band shell, bandstand,
banker, bascule bridge, bass, bass passage, bass viol,
bateau bridge, beacon, belvedere, bestraddle, bestride, blackjack,
bleachers, bluff, board, bond, bourdon, bow, bracket, brag,
bridge over, bridgework, bull fiddle, burden, cadence, canasta,
cantilever bridge, casino, catwalk, cello, cement, chain, chorus,
clap together, coda, collect, combine, commerce, commit, comprise,
concatenate, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, connection,
connections, conning tower, contrabass, contract, contract bridge,
copulate, coulisse, couple, cover, cribbage, crowd, dental bridge,
dentition, denture, development, division, dock, double bass,
drawbridge, dressing room, ecarte, embrace, encompass, euchre,
exposition, extend over, false teeth, faro, fiddle, fiddlebow,
fiddlestick, figure, fingerboard, five hundred, flies, flinch,
floating bridge, fly floor, fly gallery, flyover, folderol,
footbridge, forestage, fright, frog, gallery, gangboard, gangplank,
gangway, gather, gazebo, gin, gin rummy, glue, go over, goat,
grandstand, greenroom, grid, gridiron, gums, hang over,
harmonic close, hearts, imbricate, include, interlude, intermezzo,
introductory phrase, ivories, join, jut, keno, kit, kit fiddle,
kit violin, knot, lansquenet, lap, lap over, lay together, league,
lie over, lift bridge, lightboard, lighthouse, link, loo, lookout,
loophole, lottery, lotto, lump together, marry, marshal, mass,
matrimony, measure, merge, mobilize, monte, movement,
musical phrase, musical sentence, napoleon, observation post,
observatory, old maid, ombre, orchestra, orchestra pit, ornament,
outlook, overarch, overbridge, overcrossing, overhang, overlap,
overlie, overlook, overpass, override, pair, part, pass over,
passage, patience, peanut gallery, peephole, penny ante,
performing area, period, periodontal tissue, pharos, phrase,
picquet, piece together, pit, plate, poker, pontoon bridge,
proscenium, proscenium stage, put together, put-and-take,
quadrille, refrain, resolution, response, reverse, ringside,
ringside seat, ritornello, roll into one, rope bridge,
rouge et noir, rum, rummy, scroll, section, set of teeth, seven-up,
shell, shingle, sighthole, skat, snipsnapsnorum, solder, solitaire,
soundboard, span, speculation, splice, stage, stage left,
stage right, stanza, statement, stepping-stone, stepstone,
stick together, straight poker, strain, string, stud poker,
suspension bridge, swing bridge, switchboard, tailpiece, take in,
tape, teeth, tenor violin, the boards, thirty-one, tie,
toll bridge, top gallery, tower, traverse, tuning peg, tutti,
tutti passage, twenty-one, unify, unite, uppers and lowers,
variation, verse, viaduct, vingt-et-un, viola, violin, violinette,
violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, watchtower,
weld, whist, wings, yoke
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