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say it: brij
bridge is a noun and verb meaning "a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.". It carries 12 recorded senses.
a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
something resembling a bridge in form or function
“his letters provided a bridge across the centuries”
a wooden support that holds the strings up
a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
connect or reduce the distance between
cross over on a bridge
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bridge come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.