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ibe n. 1 graft, inducement, Colloq kickback, Chiefly US payola, US
plugola: Some judges were offered bribes for reducing the
sentences of convicted felons.
--v. 2 pay or buy off, buy; corrupt, suborn, Colloq fix; Slang
oil, grease (someone's) palm, Brit nobble: The guards were
bribed to look the other way during the prison break.
bric-…-brac
n. bric-a-brac, curiosities, knick-knacks, collectables or
collectibles, trinkets, gewgaws, gimcracks; bibelots, curios,
objets d'art, objets de vertu: On Saturday she went to an
antiques fair and bought still more bric-…-brac to clutter up
the house.
brick n. 1 block, cube, chunk, hunk, slab; stone: I bought a brick
of ice-cream to serve for pudding. A university is not just
bricks and mortar. 2 pal, comrade, friend, Colloq chum, US and
Canadian buddy: You're a real brick to watch the children for
me till I get back.
bridal adj. nuptial, wedding; conjugal, connubial, marriage: The
bridal gown was white, with lace appliqu‚s.
bridge n. 1 span: We could build a bridge over the river here. 2
link, connexion or connection, tie, bond: She regarded teaching
as a bridge between her studies and a post in school
administration.
--v. 3 span, cross (over), go or pass over, traverse: The
viaduct bridges the swamp. 4 connect, link, unite, join, tie:
The gap between rich and poor is not easily bridged.
bridle n. 1 restraint, curb, check, control: Man has need of a bridle
on his passions.
--v. 2 curb, check, restrain, hold in, control: You must learn
to bridle your temper. 3 bristle, draw oneself up, be or become
indignant, take offence or umbrage or affront (at), be affronted
or offended (by): She bridled at the suggestion that she was
responsible for Keith's departure.