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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A passage, roadway, or bridge that crosses above another roadway or thoroughfare.
  2. v. To pass over or across; traverse.
  3. v. To go beyond; surpass.
  4. v. To go over (a limit or boundary); transgress.
  5. v. To overlook or disregard.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To pass over; cross.
  2. To pass by; pass by without notice or regard; omit to notice or include; overlook.
  3. To pass through; pass; spend.
  4. To surpass.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
  2. v. To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
  3. v. To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
  4. v. To disregard, skip, or miss something.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To go over or beyond; to cross
  2. v. To pass above; -- of roadways and other paths.
  3. v. To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.
  4. v. To surpass; to excel.
  5. v. To pass over, away, or off.
  6. n. A road or other pathway which passes over another road, railroad, or other path.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels

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