bridge
A construction or natural feature that spans a divideA construction or natural feature that spans a divide.: A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
» The bridge is made of stone.
Мост сделан из камня.
Міст зроблений з каменю.
Meaning
33 sensesA construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
The rope bridge crosses the river.
It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge.
The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.
Nasenrücken
перено́сицаperenósica
перені́ссяpereníssja
the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.
Brücke, Zahnbrücke
мостmost
The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
An arch or superstructure.
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.
The first officer is on the bridge.
Brücke
капита́нский мо́стикkapitánskij móstik, мо́стикmóstik
an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
Steg
подста́вкаpodstávka, кобы́лкаkobýlka
A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
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.
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.
A similar position in gymnastics.
A connection, real or abstract.
Examples
973 sentencesThe bridge is made of stone.
Міст зроблений з каменю.
ruМост сделан из камня.
It was dark under the bridge.
Під мостом було темно.
ruПод мостом было темно.
deEs war dunkel unter der Brücke.
The bridge is built of wood.
Міст зроблено з дерева.
ruМост построен из дерева.
deDie Brücke besteht aus Holz.
The bridge is still under construction.
Міст все ще будують.
ruМост все еще строится.
deDie Brücke ist noch im Bau.
This bridge is made of wood.
Цей міст зроблений з дерева.
ruЭтот мост сделан из дерева.
deDiese Brücke ist aus Holz.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 5
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *bFrom Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjō, *brugjǭ (“bridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw- (“wooden flooring, decking, bridge”).
From the earlier game biritch, probably from Russian бирю́ч (birjúč) or бири́ч (biríč); else from Turkish bir-üç (“one-three”).
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Forms
plural: bridgesSynonyms
6 synonyms- a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.:span
- an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands:bridge deck
- the link between two lenses; rests on the nose:nosepiece
- a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth:bridgework
- a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected:bridge circuit
Word family
146 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- cross the bridge
- cross that bridge
- cross this bridge
- the bridge is
- crossing the bridge
- bridge was built
- across the bridge
- this bridge is
- under the bridge
- on the bridge
- off the bridge
- that bridge when