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

  • (..) A cup of coffee, please. Anyway, whatever the f$ck it is, she uses a lot of it, you know. Then perfume, the spray kind. Get this. In the middle of the Triborough bridge... and this woman is beautiful, she changes her pantyhose. - No. - Oh, yeah. - What did you do? (..)
    1976 Taxi Driver