Verb (used with object) : The road bridged the river. ,a fallen tree bridging the two porches.    From Dictionary.com. 

Reagan was the most successful in bridging that gap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: KCGOP officers election] Reference

That would be one HUGE step in bridging the communication gap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: A reply to Elayne, some more stuff about kids in public places, and then I'm done for now.] Reference

This can go a long way in bridging the digital divide in India.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-04-29] Reference

Lifeplayer, an MP3-enabled radio that she described as bridging.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcia G. Yerman: Tackling Energy Poverty] Reference

Open Source Bridge: Get involved in bridging the gap » Silicon Florist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open Source Bridge Town Hall « Dyepot, Teapot] Reference

It had had to arrange a short-term bridging loan to shore up its balance sheet.    From Wordnik.com.  [UPDATE 1-JJB Sports fined for hiding cost of 2 acquisitions | Reuters] Reference

Tata is seeking a short term bridging loan that could help it with the cash-flow problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [VCCircle News] Reference

And we only met them through Yoram Yossifoff after we had agreed to make the short-term bridging.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Between them and the masses there is a great gulf fixed, and no one is interested in bridging it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine and the Middle East] Reference

Especially glad you can relate to the role of academia in bridging the science-general public gap.    From Wordnik.com.  [AGU Day 0: Restarting the Climate Conversation | Serendipity] Reference

Schools play an important role in bridging and eventually eliminating the various digital divides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Students Suffering a New Digital Divide | Impact Lab] Reference

Second, we succeeded in bridging the unification formulas of the two sides, which had remained widely divergent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kim Dae-jung - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Mother Teresa has personally succeeded in bridging the gulf that exists between the rich nations and the poor nations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Peace Prize 1979 - Presentation Speech] Reference

These media have a special value in bridging the gaps of time and space that separate the peoples of the world from one another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Education Today—Are We In Tune with the Times?] Reference

Why then should we seem so surprised that efforts of outside nations have been unsuccessful in bridging the difficulties in China.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canada's Place in the Pacific Basin] Reference

Based in Manchester, the Company provides short-term bridging finance for residential and commercial property-related transactions.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

It may be that India and Pakistan are destined to play a great part in bridging the gap between Asia and the European and American races.    From Wordnik.com.  [The British Answer to Communism] Reference

Open Source Bridge: Get involved in bridging the gap: Oregon Startup Blog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open Source Bridge Town Hall « Dyepot, Teapot] Reference

He describes Palin's "bridging" - seamlessly jumping from the question to the rehearsed talking points.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biden Won, Because He Made Forceful Case Against McCain] Reference

When immigrants turned to the so-called bridging schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

For one thing, he says, Mitchell is already talking about so-called bridging proposals.    From Wordnik.com.  [In New Mideast Talks, A Small Victory For U.S.] Reference

It allowed call bridging to any of your GrandCentral numbers, and for those of us with Truphone a VoIP and SIP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference

"We are taking a short-term bridging loan for the dlrs 400 million, but will also be considering a long term loan.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The bridging is the average cost of transporting petroleum products beyond 450 kilometres from one depot to another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vanguard News] Reference

And what social scientists call bridging social capital allows connections to form between people who have nothing in common.    From Wordnik.com.  [What If Everyone On Twitter Read The Same Book?] Reference

Human rights activists are clamoring for a so-called bridging force to temporarily boost 17,000 U.N. peacekeepers in eastern Congo.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2008] Reference

As soon as the British annexed area around present day Punjab-NWFP boundary, they started working on the idea of bridging Indus at Attock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Light Within] Reference

At the time, both parties started focusing on temporary "bridging" measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S., Iraq Move Closer] Reference

It’s the idea of bridging the digital and physical world that I find so interesting.    From Wordnik.com.  [KN | Kitsune Noir » Curious Displays by Julia Yu Tsao] Reference

The parties have focused on working out "bridging" measures that would provide a legal basis for U.S. military operations in Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush to Set 'Time Horizon' for Troop Withdrawals] Reference

Q Normally these kind of bridging suggestions would be made at the very top level, because they really require political decisions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Administration Briefing On President And Arafat Meeting] Reference

A "bridging" programme to ensure ex-guerrillas and homeland troops reached required regular force standards was expected to last about.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

They woud be evaluated in terms of an interim promotions policy, which would include affirmative action steps such as bridging courses.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It will replace a short-term "bridging" contract awarded in November.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

"We have some indications of partial bridging which is good news," he told CNN.    From Wordnik.com.  [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference

Two such events overlapped genes and were successfully validated as single deletions, supporting this 'bridging'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

"bridging" DLC, so this announcement is a bit of a surprise given that the last story-based.    From Wordnik.com.  [G4 TV - TheFeed] Reference

4 - The story of the game is not a "bridging" story between Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2.    From Wordnik.com.  [RPGWatch Newsfeed] Reference