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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɹɔːbɹɪd͡ʒ/ [UK, US], /ˈdɹɑbɹɪd͡ʒ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drawbridge.wav Forms: drawbridges [plural]
Etymology: From draw + bridge. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|draw|bridge}} draw + bridge Head templates: {{en-noun}} drawbridge (plural drawbridges)
  1. A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it). Categories (topical): Bridges Synonyms (bridge that allows watercraft to travel): bascule bridge Translations (bridge which can be raised): pont llevadís [masculine] (Catalan), 釣橋 /钓桥 (diàoqiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 弔橋 /吊桥 (diàoqiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 吊橋 /吊桥 (diàoqiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), padací most [masculine] (Czech), vindebro (Danish), ophaalbrug [feminine] (Dutch), valbrug (Dutch), levoponto (Esperanto), tõmbesild (Estonian), tõstesild (Estonian), laskusilta (english: across a moat) (Finnish), läppäsilta (Finnish), nostosilta (english: across a waterway) (Finnish), pont-levis [masculine] (French), Zugbrücke [feminine] (German), felvonóhíd (Hungarian), vindubrú [feminine] (Icelandic), droichead tógála [masculine] (Irish), ponte levatoio [masculine] (Italian), 跳ね橋 (hanebashi) (alt: はねばし) (Japanese), 가동교 (gadonggyo) (alt: 可動橋) (Korean), paceļamais tilts [masculine] (Latvian), pakeliamasis tiltas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Falbréck [feminine] (Luxembourgish), قلقار كوپری (kalkar köprü) (Ottoman Turkish), most zwodzony [masculine] (Polish), ponte levadiça [feminine] (Portuguese), разводно́й мост (razvodnój most) [masculine] (Russian), puente levadizo [masculine] (Spanish), ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪ (sasak angkat) (Sundanese), vindbrygga (Swedish), cầu sắt (Vietnamese), lötirapon (Volapük), tulapon (english: older term) (Volapük)
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  2. (figurative, attributive) A tendency to provide only limited access. Tags: attributive, figuratively
    Sense id: en-drawbridge-en-noun-ltn7Z4CY Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: movable bridge Derived forms: drawbridged, drawbridge mentality, pull up the drawbridge

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    "en:Bridges"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "drawbridged"
    },
    {
      "word": "drawbridge mentality"
    },
    {
      "word": "pull up the drawbridge"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "draw",
        "3": "bridge"
      },
      "expansion": "draw + bridge",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From draw + bridge.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drawbridges",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "drawbridge (plural drawbridges)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "movable bridge"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1981, “The Fall Guy”, performed by The Sonora's Tucson Band:",
          "text": "I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine / 'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hinged",
          "hinge"
        ],
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ],
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "moat",
          "moat"
        ],
        [
          "watercraft",
          "watercraft"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "drawbridge mentality",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1873 March, Ella Williams, “My Stepdaughter”, in William Conant Church, editor, The Galaxy, volume 15, number 3, page 386:",
          "text": "I looked at her with wide eyes, and the drawbridge of her reserve fell instantly.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Phillip Vannini, Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place, and Time on Canada's West Coast:",
          "text": "\"Yeah, some people have a drawbridge mentality,” remarks Barry.“They move to an island and then they think that nobody else should be let in after them. […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Gladys Famoriyo, Quit Hiding, Start Living!:",
          "text": "And He gave me the steps I needed to take to let down the drawbridge of my heart again.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Christie Rich, Charles Nottingham, Weaver of Dreams:",
          "text": "They push against the drawbridge of my mind, shaking me to the core.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tendency to provide only limited access."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, attributive) A tendency to provide only limited access."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹɔːbɹɪd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drawbridge.wav",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹɑbɹɪd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "bridge that allows watercraft to travel",
      "word": "bascule bridge"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pont llevadís"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàoqiáo",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "釣橋 /钓桥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàoqiáo",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "弔橋 /吊桥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàoqiáo",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "吊橋 /吊桥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padací most"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "vindebro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ophaalbrug"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "valbrug"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "levoponto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "tõmbesild"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "tõstesild"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "across a moat",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "laskusilta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "läppäsilta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "across a waterway",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "nostosilta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pont-levis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zugbrücke"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "felvonóhíd"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vindubrú"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "droichead tógála"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ponte levatoio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はねばし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanebashi",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "跳ね橋"
    },
    {
      "alt": "可動橋",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gadonggyo",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "가동교"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paceļamais tilts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pakeliamasis tiltas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Falbréck"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kalkar köprü",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "قلقار كوپری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "most zwodzony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ponte levadiça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvodnój most",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разводно́й мост"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puente levadizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "roman": "sasak angkat",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "vindbrygga"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "cầu sắt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "lötirapon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "older term",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "bridge which can be raised",
      "word": "tulapon"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "drawbridge"
  ],
  "word": "drawbridge"
}

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