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bridge (iou)



bridge verb trans.

Be or make a bridge over. OE.
P. Matthiessen A canal bridged here and there by ten-foot granite slabs.
b. Span as with a bridge. M19.
bridge a gap: see GAP noun.
M. Twain A speculator bridged a couple of barrels with a board. fig.: B. C. Brodie To bridge over the space which separates the known from the unknown.
Form (a way) by means of a bridge. rare. M17.
bridgeable adjective M19.
bridging verbal noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) Mountaineering a method of climbing chimneys etc. with legs astride: LME.
bridging ppl adjective that bridges something;
bridging loan, a loan made to cover the short interval between buying a house etc. and selling another: E19.