Meaning

6 senses

  1. To be or make a bridge over something.

    With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.

    überbrücken

    make a bridge across

  2. To span as if with a bridge.

    The two groups were able to bridge their differences.

    überbrücken

    cross over on a bridge

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

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

    überwechseln

  4. To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.

  5. To go to the bridge position.

  6. To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)

Examples

973 sentences

  1. The bridge is made of stone.

    Міст зроблений з каменю. — aandrusiak

    ruМост сделан из камня. — Biga

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  2. It was dark under the bridge.

    Під мостом було темно. — aandrusiak

    ruПод мостом было темно. — sharptoothed

    deEs war dunkel unter der Brücke. — MUIRIEL

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  3. The bridge is built of wood.

    Міст зроблено з дерева. — deniko

    ruМост построен из дерева. — afyodor

    deDie Brücke besteht aus Holz. — xtofu80

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  4. The bridge is still under construction.

    Міст все ще будують. — deniko

    ruМост все еще строится. — afyodor

    deDie Brücke ist noch im Bau. — MUIRIEL

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  5. This bridge is made of wood.

    Цей міст зроблений з дерева. — ChickenKiev

    ruЭтот мост сделан из дерева. — corvard

    deDiese Brücke ist aus Holz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make a bridge:
music: to transition from one piece or section to another:

Origin

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *b

From 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”).

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Forms

bridges, bridging, bridged, bridged
Base formbridge · to bridge
3rd person singularbridges
Present participlebridging
Past simplebridged
Past participlebridged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybridge
he, she, itbridges

Past simpleLesson

all personsbridged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bridged
he, she, ithas bridged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bridge

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • connect or reduce the distance between:bridge over

Word family

4 related words
Relatedbridgeable
Derivedbridge upbridging ligandbridging visa

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
brideA2bridegroombridesmaidbridlebriebriefB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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