n. 1 bridge, link, stretch, overpass, Chiefly Brit flyover We drove across the entire span in less than five minutes 2 course, extent, interval, stretch, period, time, term, spell In the short span of six hours we had crossed the Atlantic
v. 3 cross, stretch over, reach over, extend over, go over, bridge A rude bridge spans the river at Lexington Their lives spanned more than a century.