About The Word Bulge
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Bulge
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What's The Definition Of Bulge?
[n] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
[v] cause to bulge or swell outwards [v] swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise" [v] bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [v] bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge Synonyms | Synonyms for Bulge: bag | bug out | bulge out | bulk | bump | come out | excrescence | extrusion | gibbosity | gibbousness | hump | jut | pop | pop out | prominence | protrude | protrusion | protuberance Related Terms | Find terms related to Bulge: advantage | allowance | bag | balloon | beetle | belly | belly out | bilge | billow | blain | bleb | blister | blob | boss | bouge | bow | bubble | bug | bulb | bulla | bump | bunch | burl | button | cahot | chine | clump | coign of vantage | condyle | convex | deadwood | dilate | distend | dowel | drop | ear | edge | expand | flange | flap | flying start | gall | gnarl | goggle | handicap | handle | head start | hill | hump | hunch | inside track | jog | joggle | jump | jut | knob | knot | knur | knurl | lip | loop | lump | mole | mountain | nevus | nub | nubbin | nubble | odds | overhand | overhang | papilloma | peg | poke | pooch | pop | pouch | pout | project | projection | protrude | protrusion | protuberance | protuberate | rib | ridge | ring | round out | running start | shoulder | something extra | something in reserve | spine | stand out | start | stick out | stud | style | swell | swell out | swelling | tab | tubercle | tubercule | upper hand | vantage | vantage ground | vantage point | verruca | vesicle | wale | wart | welt | whip hand See Also | belly | bulge | caput | change form | change form | change shape | change shape | deform | deform | frontal eminence | jut | jut out | nub | occipital protuberance | pouch | project | projection | protrude | protrude | protuberate | stick out | swell | wart Bulge In Webster's Dictionary \Bulge\, n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to
swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. b[=o]lginn swollen, OHG. belgan to
swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b?h to be large, strong;
the root meaning to swell. Cf. {Bilge}, {Belly}, {Billow},
{Bouge}, n.]
1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when
caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2.
{Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}.
\Bulge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bulging}.] 1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges. 2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. --Broome. |
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