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Antonyms for bridge

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : brij
Phonetic Transcription : brɪdʒ

Definition of bridge

Origin :
  • "causeway over a ravine or river," Old English brycge, from Proto-Germanic *brugjo (cf. Old Saxon bruggia, Old Norse bryggja, Old Frisian brigge, Dutch brug, Old High German brucca, German Brücke), from PIE root *bhru "log, beam," hence "wooden causeway" (cf. Gaulish briva "bridge," Old Church Slavonic bruvuno "beam," Serbian brv "footbridge"). For vowel evolution, see bury. Meaning "bony upper part of the nose" is from early 15c.; of stringed instruments from late 14c.
  • noun structure or something that makes connection
  • verb connect, extend
Example sentences :
  • If he had known it, it was with the Dance of Death on the bridge of Lucerne.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • There was now but "one wide river to cross," and the cars rolled on to the bridge.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • The bridge was tremulous beneath me, and marked the tremor of the solid earth.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Between Him and me there was an incalculable distance which He could bridge but I could not.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • At the bridge they met the British infantry, who gave them a volley.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • See to that great stone from the coping which hath fallen upon the bridge.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "To the lake," said the young man; and went towards the bridge.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • I'll have to burn some midnight oil, but I can visualize the bridge.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The three spans of this bridge are together nearly 1500 feet long.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • On the way back they stopped at the bridge and gathered cress for their salad.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Synonyms for bridge

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