🇬🇧 Bridge meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To bridge means to build or put something across a gap so you can cross from one side to the other. People can bridge a river, a ditch, or a road by making a path, like a wooden walkway or a tall metal bridge, so that people, cars, or animals can go safely from one side to the other without falling in.

The spiders bridged the whole corner of the room with webs, then stared at me like I was trespassing on their highway.

We bridged the mud puddle with old pizza boxes, and suddenly it became the fanciest sidewalk in the neighborhood.

The playground kids bridged two swing sets with a ladder and called it the International Wiggly Bridge of Wobbleland.

We bridged the cactus garden with a plank, because learning the hard way really hurts.

Engineers bridge rivers, valleys, and even deep canyons.

Rain cut the path at a deep stream. She set planks to bridge the water, packed stones to bridge the channel, tied a rope to bridge the shaky board, pushed a last beam to bridge the final gap, then walked across. On the far bank she laughed and hugged the warm wood she had used to bridge the way.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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