bridge

head

bridge c (singular definite bridgen, not used in plural form)

bridgen (definite singular)
bridge (indefinite nominative singular)
bridgen (definite nominative singular)
bridges (genitive indefinite singular)
bridgens (definite genitive singular)


bridge

The rope bridge crosses the river.

It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge.

Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.

2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.

A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.

Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.

(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.

The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.

(dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.

A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.

(bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball

The gap between the holes on a bowling ball

The first officer is on the bridge.

(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.

(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.

(billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.

(billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.

Anything supported at the ends and serving 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.

(wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.

(gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.

An arch or superstructure.
A similar position in gymnastics.

ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient.

(medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution

A rudimentary procedure before definite solution

This chip is the bridge between the front-side bus and the I/O bus.

(computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.

The plugin also acts as a bridge with BuddyPress and adds things like the top admin bar, and so on.

2011, Thord Daniel Hedengren, Smashing WordPress Themes: Making WordPress Beautiful:

(programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.

The LAN bridge uses a spanning tree algorithm.

(networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.

(physical chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.

(electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.

The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning.

In the bridge of his 2011 song "It Will Rain", Bruno Mars begs his lover not to "say goodbye."

(music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.

(graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.

(poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.

(diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.

A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.

(biology) In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.

Yes, France is geographically situated in a key position so far as Western Europe is concerned. They are really the bridge between Germany, Spain and Italy. And it was necessary to have a NATO organization that was unified and France was a necessary member of that organization.

1964, Harry S. Truman, 0:18 from the start, in MP2002-479 Former President Truman Recalls Negotiating With DeGaulle and France after WWII, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:

(electronics) 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.

(cycling) 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.

(roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.

(card games) A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.

bridges (plural)
bridg (alternative)
brigge (alternative)

if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it

ацҳа

construction or natural feature that spans a divide

նավապետի կամրջակ

(nautical) platform above the upper deck

မြင်းမိုရ်

(music, lutherie) piece on string instruments

ponto

(computing) device which connects computer buses

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.


bridge

With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.

On this occasion, the damage was far more serious. The sea wall was breached completely for a distance of over 50 yd., and the gap had to be bridged by a temporary timber viaduct.

1947 January and February, H. A. Vallance, “The Sea Wall at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:

The two groups were able to bridge their differences.

The brooding, black-clad singer bridged a stark divide that emerged in the recording industry in the 1950s, as post-Elvis pop singers diverged into two camps and audiences aligned themselves with either the sideburned rebels of rock 'n' roll or the cowboy-hatted twangsters of country music.

2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 28:

We need to bridge that jam into "The Eleven".

(music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.

(computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.

(wrestling) To go to the bridge position.

(roller derby) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)

en-verb

bridge (third-person singular simple present bridges, present participle bridging, simple past and past participle bridged)

bridges (present singular third-person)
bridging (participle present)
bridged (participle past)
bridged (past)
bridg (alternative)
brigge (alternative)

fondre

music: to transition from one piece or section to another

橋接 /桥接

computing, communication: to connect with a bridge


bridge

Bidding is an essential element of the game of bridge.

(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.

From the earlier game biritch, probably from Russian бирю́ч (birjúč) or бири́ч (biríč); else from Turkish bir-üç (“one-three”).

bridg (alternative)
brigge (alternative)


bridge

bridge (nominative singular)
bridget (nominative plural)
bridge (accusative nominative singular)
bridget (accusative nominative plural)
bridgen (accusative genitive singular)
bridget (accusative genitive plural)
bridgen (genitive singular)
bridgejen (genitive plural)
bridgein (genitive plural rare)
bridgeä (partitive singular)
bridgejä (partitive plural)
bridgessä (inessive singular)
bridgeissä (inessive plural)
bridgestä (elative singular)
bridgeistä (elative plural)
bridgeen (illative singular)
bridgeihin (illative plural)
bridgellä (adessive singular)
bridgeillä (adessive plural)
bridgeltä (ablative singular)
bridgeiltä (ablative plural)
bridgelle (allative singular)
bridgeille (allative plural)
bridgenä (essive singular)
bridgeinä (essive plural)
bridgeksi (singular translative)
bridgeiksi (plural translative)
bridgettä (abessive singular)
bridgeittä (abessive plural)
bridgein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
bridgeni (nominative singular)
bridgeni (nominative plural)
bridgeni (accusative nominative singular)
bridgeni (accusative nominative plural)
bridgeni (accusative genitive singular)
bridgeni (accusative genitive plural)
bridgeni (genitive singular)
bridgejeni (genitive plural)
bridgeini (genitive plural rare)
bridgeäni (partitive singular)
bridgejäni (partitive plural)
bridgessäni (inessive singular)
bridgeissäni (inessive plural)
bridgestäni (elative singular)
bridgeistäni (elative plural)
bridgeeni (illative singular)
bridgeihini (illative plural)
bridgelläni (adessive singular)
bridgeilläni (adessive plural)
bridgeltäni (ablative singular)
bridgeiltäni (ablative plural)
bridgelleni (allative singular)
bridgeilleni (allative plural)
bridgenäni (essive singular)
bridgeinäni (essive plural)
bridgekseni (singular translative)
bridgeikseni (plural translative)
bridgettäni (abessive singular)
bridgeittäni (abessive plural)
bridgeineni (comitative plural)
bridgesi (nominative singular)
bridgesi (nominative plural)
bridgesi (accusative nominative singular)
bridgesi (accusative nominative plural)
bridgesi (accusative genitive singular)
bridgesi (accusative genitive plural)
bridgesi (genitive singular)
bridgejesi (genitive plural)
bridgeisi (genitive plural rare)
bridgeäsi (partitive singular)
bridgejäsi (partitive plural)
bridgessäsi (inessive singular)
bridgeissäsi (inessive plural)
bridgestäsi (elative singular)
bridgeistäsi (elative plural)
bridgeesi (illative singular)
bridgeihisi (illative plural)
bridgelläsi (adessive singular)
bridgeilläsi (adessive plural)
bridgeltäsi (ablative singular)
bridgeiltäsi (ablative plural)
bridgellesi (allative singular)
bridgeillesi (allative plural)
bridgenäsi (essive singular)
bridgeinäsi (essive plural)
bridgeksesi (singular translative)
bridgeiksesi (plural translative)
bridgettäsi (abessive singular)
bridgeittäsi (abessive plural)
bridgeinesi (comitative plural)
bridgemme (nominative singular)
bridgemme (nominative plural)
bridgemme (accusative nominative singular)
bridgemme (accusative nominative plural)
bridgemme (accusative genitive singular)
bridgemme (accusative genitive plural)
bridgemme (genitive singular)
bridgejemme (genitive plural)
bridgeimme (genitive plural rare)
bridgeämme (partitive singular)
bridgejämme (partitive plural)
bridgessämme (inessive singular)
bridgeissämme (inessive plural)
bridgestämme (elative singular)
bridgeistämme (elative plural)
bridgeemme (illative singular)
bridgeihimme (illative plural)
bridgellämme (adessive singular)
bridgeillämme (adessive plural)
bridgeltämme (ablative singular)
bridgeiltämme (ablative plural)
bridgellemme (allative singular)
bridgeillemme (allative plural)
bridgenämme (essive singular)
bridgeinämme (essive plural)
bridgeksemme (singular translative)
bridgeiksemme (plural translative)
bridgettämme (abessive singular)
bridgeittämme (abessive plural)
bridgeinemme (comitative plural)
bridgenne (nominative singular)
bridgenne (nominative plural)
bridgenne (accusative nominative singular)
bridgenne (accusative nominative plural)
bridgenne (accusative genitive singular)
bridgenne (accusative genitive plural)
bridgenne (genitive singular)
bridgejenne (genitive plural)
bridgeinne (genitive plural rare)
bridgeänne (partitive singular)
bridgejänne (partitive plural)
bridgessänne (inessive singular)
bridgeissänne (inessive plural)
bridgestänne (elative singular)
bridgeistänne (elative plural)
bridgeenne (illative singular)
bridgeihinne (illative plural)
bridgellänne (adessive singular)
bridgeillänne (adessive plural)
bridgeltänne (ablative singular)
bridgeiltänne (ablative plural)
bridgellenne (allative singular)
bridgeillenne (allative plural)
bridgenänne (essive singular)
bridgeinänne (essive plural)
bridgeksenne (singular translative)
bridgeiksenne (plural translative)
bridgettänne (abessive singular)
bridgeittänne (abessive plural)
bridgeinenne (comitative plural)
bridgensä (nominative singular)
bridgensä (nominative plural)
bridgensä (accusative nominative singular)
bridgensä (accusative nominative plural)
bridgensä (accusative genitive singular)
bridgensä (accusative genitive plural)
bridgensä (genitive singular)
bridgejensä (genitive plural)
bridgeinsä (genitive plural rare)
bridgeään (partitive singular)
bridgeänsä (partitive singular)
bridgejään (partitive plural)
bridgejänsä (partitive plural)
bridgessään (inessive singular)
bridgessänsä (inessive singular)
bridgeissään (inessive plural)
bridgeissänsä (inessive plural)
bridgestään (elative singular)
bridgestänsä (elative singular)
bridgeistään (elative plural)
bridgeistänsä (elative plural)
bridgeensä (illative singular)
bridgeihinsä (illative plural)
bridgellään (adessive singular)
bridgellänsä (adessive singular)
bridgeillään (adessive plural)
bridgeillänsä (adessive plural)
bridgeltään (ablative singular)
bridgeltänsä (ablative singular)
bridgeiltään (ablative plural)
bridgeiltänsä (ablative plural)
bridgelleen (allative singular)
bridgellensä (allative singular)
bridgeilleen (allative plural)
bridgeillensä (allative plural)
bridgenään (essive singular)
bridgenänsä (essive singular)
bridgeinään (essive plural)
bridgeinänsä (essive plural)
bridgekseen (singular translative)
bridgeksensä (singular translative)
bridgeikseen (plural translative)
bridgeiksensä (plural translative)
bridgettään (abessive singular)
bridgettänsä (abessive singular)
bridgeittään (abessive plural)
bridgeittänsä (abessive plural)
bridgeineen (comitative plural)
bridgeinensä (comitative plural)


bridge

Unadapted borrowing from English bridge.


bridge

bridge-uri (plural)
bridge (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bridge-ul (accusative definite nominative singular)
bridge-uri (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bridge-urile (accusative definite nominative plural)
bridge (indefinite singular)
bridge-ului (definite singular)
bridge-uri (indefinite singular)
bridge-urilor (definite plural)
bridge-ule (singular vocative)
bridge-urilor (vocative)


bridge

bridge (indefinite nominative singular)
bridges (genitive indefinite singular)
bridgen (definite nominative singular)
bridgens (definite genitive singular)