bridge : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a suspension bridge across the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolivar
  

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• . See Aqueduct.

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• . See under Ass, Bascule, Bateau.

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• noun a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
  auction.
  

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• noun a temporary bridge designed for rapid construction
  

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• a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.

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• noun a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons
  bateau bridge; floating bridge.
  

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• a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

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• noun a cantilever bridge across the Mississippi at Baton Rouge
  

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• noun a steel arch bridge connecting New Jersey and Staten Island at Bayonne, New Jersey
  

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• noun a suspension bridge across the Delaware River
  

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• noun a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul
  

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• a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch.

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• noun an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area
  

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• noun a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
  bridge.
  

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• noun an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
  bridge.
  

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• noun the cards held in a game of bridge
  

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• (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.

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• the upper, bony part of the nose.

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• verb suffice for a period between two points
  tide over; keep going.
  
  • This money will keep us going for another year
• verb connect or reduce the distance between
  bridge.
  

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• noun one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game
  

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• noun a card player in a game of bridge
  hand.
  
  • we need a 4th hand for bridge

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• noun the earliest form of bridge; the dealer could name the trump suit
  

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Bridge"-ward` noun

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1. A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge. Obs. Sir W. Scott.
2. The principal ward of a key. Knight.

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• noun a circuit consisting of a T-network with an additional shunt bridging the two series circuits
  

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• noun a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City
  

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• noun a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City; opened in 1883
  

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• a bridge in which the principle of the cantalever is applied. It is usually a trussed bridge, composed of two portions reaching out from opposite banks, and supported near the middle of their own length on piers which they overhang, thus forming cantalevers which meet over the space to be spanned or sustain a third portion, to complete the connection.

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• noun bridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle
  

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• a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge.

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• noun a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction
  Bruges.
  

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• noun a cantilever bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania
  

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• noun a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
  contract.
  

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• noun a bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides
  

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• (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders.

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• noun a suspension bridge across the Delaware River
  

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• . See Drawbridge.

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• a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.

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• a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.

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• noun a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons
  bateau bridge; floating bridge.
  

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• . (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau bridge. See Bateau. (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys; used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort. (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by means of chains which are anchored on each side of a stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels being driven by stream power. (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.

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• the separating low wall between the flues and the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace.

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• noun the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house
  flying bridge; fly bridge; flybridge.
  

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• noun the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house
  flying bridge; fly bridge; flybridge.
  

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• 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.

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• . See under Bridge, and Camp.

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• Same as Bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.

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• noun a suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey
  

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• . See under Bridge.

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• a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers.

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• noun a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate
  

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• noun twin cantilever bridges across the Mississippi at New Orleans
  

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• noun United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)
  Bridges.
  

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• a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.

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• noun a suspension bridge at Hull, England; 4,626 feet long
  

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• noun an extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commercial airplanes; provides protected access to the plane from the gate
  

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• noun a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu
  

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• a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses.
• a bridge formed by lattice girders.

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• a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges.

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• noun a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
  drawbridge.
  

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• a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.

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• a lift bridge.

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• noun a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan
  

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• noun cantilever bridge at Osaka, Japan
  

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• noun a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room
  
• noun the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house
  flying bridge; fly bridge; flybridge.
  

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• noun a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia
  

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• a skew bridge. See under Bridge, n.

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• (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road.

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• noun a bridge designed for pedestrians
  footbridge; overcrossing.
  

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• noun a suspension bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at Quebec
  

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• a bridge of which the roadway is supported on piles.

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• a form of drawbridge in which one span, called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical axis.

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• noun a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons
  bateau bridge; floating bridge.
  

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• a bridge formed with pontoons.

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• . See under Pontoon.

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• noun a cantilever bridge in Quebec
  

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• noun a cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens
  

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• . (a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts . (b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together.

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• . See the Note under Drawbridge.

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• noun a bridge consisting of ropes
  

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• a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering.

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• noun a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch
  

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• noun a bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends
  

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• a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground beyond.

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• a form of drawbridge which swings horizontally, as on a vertical pivot.

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• a kind of drawbridge that turns round on a vertical axis; a swing bridge.

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• noun a steel arch bridge in Sydney, Australia
  

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• noun a suspension bridge across Puget Sound at Tacoma
  

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• noun a cantilever bridge across the Hudson River
  

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• a bridge in which the floor is supported by the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel is between the trusses and not over them. Cf. Deck bridge, under Deck.

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• noun a bridge where toll is charged for crossing
  

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• a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it.

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• noun a bridge supported by trestlework
  

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• a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles.

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• noun a bridge supported by trusses
  

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• a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube, made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge over the Menai Straits.
• 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.

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• . See the Note under Drawbridge.

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• noun a suspension bridge across the Verrazano Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island
  

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• noun a suspension bridge across the Delaware River
  

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Wa"ter bridge`

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1. (Steam Boilers) See Water table.

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• noun past events to be put aside
  bygone.
  
  • let bygones be bygones

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• noun a bridge used to measure resistances
  

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• (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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• a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire.

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