Words that rhyme with estridge

v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 2: lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"

n 1: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn: bridge, span] 2: a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected [syn: bridge, bridge circuit] 3: something resembling a bridge in form or function; "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries" 4: the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose" 5: any of various card games based on whist for four players 6: a wooden support that holds the strings up 7: a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth [syn: bridge, bridgework] 8: the link between two lenses; rests on the nose [syn: bridge, nosepiece] 9: an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands [syn: bridge, bridge deck] v 1: connect or reduce the distance between [syn: bridge, bridge over] 2: make a bridge across; "bridge a river" 3: cross over on a bridge

n 1: a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor [syn: electric refrigerator, fridge]

n 1: minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water

n 1: a long narrow natural elevation or striation 2: any long raised strip 3: a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean 4: a long narrow range of hills [syn: ridge, ridgeline] 5: any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane 6: a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters [syn: ridge, ridgepole, rooftree] v 1: extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South" 2: plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip 3: throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn" 4: spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil" 5: form into a ridge