bridge

Definition

  • noun: a structure built over something (such as a river) so that people or vehicles can get across
  • noun: a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle
  • verb: to make a bridge over or across (something)
  • verb: to make a bridge over or across
  • usually used figuratively
  • synonyms: span, overbridge, truss bridge

Examples

  • They hope to 'build a bridge' between the two cultures. [=they hope to help the people in the two cultures understand each other]

  • I don't know how we'll pay the bills if you quit your job, but 'we'll cross that bridge when we come to it'.

  • We had our differences in the past, but that's all 'water under the bridge' now.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) While you're all asleep in , I wait for Yusuf's kick. - Well, how will you know? - His music warns me. And then when the van hits the barrier of the bridge, that should be unmistakable. So we get a nice synchronised kick. If it's too soon, we won't get pulled out. But if it's too late, (..)
    2010 Inception
  • (..) Jeez, mind telling your subconscious to take it easy? It's my subconscious. Remember? I can't control it. Very impressive. I know this bridge. This place is real, isn't it? Yeah, I cross it every day to get to the college. Never re-create places from your memory. Always imagine new places. (..)
    2010 Inception