lift bridge

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noun

a bridge having a section that can be lifted vertically to permit passage of boats beneath it.

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Also called vertical lift bridge.

Origin of lift bridge

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby lift bridge

lift a finger, lift a hand against, liftback, lift bolt, liftboy, lift bridge, lift-drag ratio, lifter, “Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing”, liftgate, lifting body

How to use lift bridge in a sentence

For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
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Specifically, the pilots got themselves into a high altitude stall, where the wings lose the capacity to provide lift.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
His most recent assignment was the 84th Precinct, at the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge.
In The Shadow of Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The same night the “dead cops” chant was recorded, two police officers were attacked on the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Today, the train chugs north out of Kanchanaburi over the famous bridge before it hits a spectacular bend in the river.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that they may see thy power.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Though, as everybody well knew, the doctor had forbidden her to lift so much as a pin!
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He rose upon it, it was under him, he felt its lift and irresistible momentum; almost it bore him up the steps.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood