Overview of noun bridges

The noun bridges has 1 sense

• Bridges, Harry Bridges -- (United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990))

Overview of noun bridge

The noun bridge has 9 senses

• bridge, span -- (a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.)


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


• bridge -- (something resembling a bridge in form or function; "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries")


• bridge -- (the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose")


• bridge -- (any of various card games based on whist for four players)


• bridge -- (a wooden support that holds the strings up)


• bridge, bridgework -- (a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth)


• bridge, nosepiece -- (the link between two lenses; rests on the nose)


• bridge, bridge deck -- (an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands)

Overview of verb bridge

The verb bridge has 3 senses

• bridge, bridge over -- (connect or reduce the distance between)


• bridge -- (make a bridge across; "bridge a river")


• bridge -- (cross over on a bridge)